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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: What mechanism does kio notification use?
From:       Andreas Pakulat <apaku () gmx ! de>
Date:       2013-02-20 11:28:34
Message-ID: CAExHGmTEmAGAJvmj84Ntv5M-GfUr9=rZ2FVyL=QK=p+qqmgxSA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Alex Fiestas <afiestas@kde.org> wrote:
> If what you mean is "file changes/access/" notifications, we use KdirWatch
> which uses inotify (man inotify)

Thats actually not quite correct, on linux inotify is the default
preferred method for local files. For nfs-files Fam/Gamin is
preferred. And to top it off a user can change the preferred method in
kdeglobals or so.

On other platforms the methods being used are of course also different.

Andreas

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