On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:08:22PM -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote: > > > gnome-menus uses gamin for notification, which uses inotify. The problem > > > is that inotify sucks when it comes to nonexisting files > > > > Can't you add a watch on the directory, and get notification when > > a file gets added that way? > > > > Sure. But if that directory is a busy one like, say, $HOME, then you get > a lot of unnecessary wakeups. That's still got to be more efficient than polling. Dave -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list