Using fswatch to detect new files (Solaris)

[SteveHallNNT]

Hi,

Can I use fswatch to detect when a file is created in a folder on Solaris? When I monitor a folder it does tell me the folder has changed when I add a file but it doesn't seem to have any details of the new file itself. Changing a pre-existing file works and deleting a file seems OK too.

Disclaimer : when I compiled it I had to comment out references to FILE_TRUNC in fen_monitor.cpp as the compiler didn't seem to know where they were defined. Is this relevant?

Many thanks
Steve H

[foxx]

Also had to comment these lines out to make fswatch work on Solaris. I'll report back with a PR if it seems stable.

[SteveHallNNT]

@foxx - can you detect new files being created on Solaris?

[foxx]

@SteveHallNNT Yeah, Solaris 11 has something3 called File Events Notification.

There does appear to be support in this library for Solaris too, based on the README;

A monitor based on the File Events Notification API of the Solaris kernel and its derivatives.

I haven't tested this library individually, but it seems to be working fine with minio.

[emcrisostomo]

The behaviour depends on the monitor. Solaris File Events Notification will tell you that a directory has changed when a file has been created, but won't give you any more details. It's up to the receiver to scan the directory contents and see what file has been created.