Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Mantas M.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:49:55AM +, Andrea Crotti wrote: > It's a bit a shame that there isn't any default good indexing system > for Linux. > Now there is also a inotify implementation and tools to set up > watchers on the filesystem, > so why are we still mainly stuck with locate and the ex

Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Tom Gundersen
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Andrea Crotti wrote: > It's a bit a shame that there isn't any default good indexing system for > Linux. > Now there is also a inotify implementation and tools to set up watchers on > the filesystem, > so why are we still mainly stuck with locate and the expensive

Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Andrea Crotti
On 02/26/2012 12:23 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: It is only for Linux. That was my barrier. It has no portability to Mac or BSDs. It is a great tool and really comes in handy. There is an package called inotify-tools that does some basic watching. I've used it in the past. Calvin Well mac has

Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Andrea Crotti
On 02/26/2012 12:18 PM, Raven wrote: On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:49:55 +0800, Andrea Crotti wrote: It's a bit a shame that there isn't any default good indexing system for Linux. Now there is also a inotify implementation and tools to set up watchers on the filesystem, so why are we still mainly

Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Calvin Morrison
It is only for Linux. That was my barrier. It has no portability to Mac or BSDs. It is a great tool and really comes in handy. There is an package called inotify-tools that does some basic watching. I've used it in the past. Calvin On Feb 26, 2012 6:50 AM, "Andrea Crotti" wrote: > It's a bit a

Re: [arch-general] inotify and locate

2012-02-26 Thread Raven
On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:49:55 +0800, Andrea Crotti wrote: It's a bit a shame that there isn't any default good indexing system for Linux. Now there is also a inotify implementation and tools to set up watchers on the filesystem, so why are we still mainly stuck with locate and the expensiv