From kde-core-devel  Wed Aug 02 08:57:22 2000
From: David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 08:57:22 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: serious problems in kviewshell, file watching
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=96520673807528

On Wed, Aug 02, 2000 at 03:28:23AM -0500, David Faure wrote:
> bool KViewPart::openFile()
> {
>   // Note: KDirWatch is able to watch files, as well.
>   // Hope this stays that way...
>   watch.addDir(m_file);
>   watch.startScan();
> 
> Shouldn't that be changed to watch the _directory_ where the file is ?
> KDirWatch has never been able to watch files, other than watching the dir
> they're in.

Hmm, I have to withdraw that after looking deeper in KDirWatch's code.
It stats whatever it's told to stat, whether it's a file or directory...

KDirWatch works fine in e.g. konqueror (for stating dirs, but it shouldn't
make a difference finally), so I suspect the bug is not in KDirWatch...

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