man, 18.04.2005 kl. 09.41 skrev shrek-m@xxxxxx: > Klaasjan Brand wrote: > > >>Perhaps, but the justification for disabling it seems to be: > >>1. Laptops > >>2. Err.. that's it. > >>and disabling such a common useful tool with next to no justification > >>seems, well, bizarre. > >> > >> > > > >3. Older systems and/or systems with slower disk get totally > >unresponsive for a few minutes. > > > >4. With all the file-alteration monitor goodness available in modern > >Linux kernels isn't it about time someone thinks of a better way to > >maintain an index instead of reading the entire fs? > > > > something like "spotlight" in macosx 10.4 - tiger ? > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spotlight/ > http://www.apple.com/macosx/ That exists for linux (actually has for a while) - its called "beagle". Uses inotify is aviable, else fam. Only problem is mono - its made in C#... http://www.gnome.org/projects/beagle/ Kyrre Ness Sjøbæk