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Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?
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Dan White |
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Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ? |
Date: |
Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:16:12 -0400 (EDT) |
On Thu, 29 Jul 2004, Mark D. Baushke wrote:
> Larry Jones <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Mark D. Baushke writes:
> > >
> > > You probably only need to add new 'watch' statements as new files are
> > > added to the system. So, something that is wired into the 'loginfo' to
> > > look for new files and have them watched might be the way to go.
> >
> > Is that necessary? Doesn't watching a directory automatically watch any
> > new files in that directory?
>
> I was under the impression that only file entries are put into the
> CVS/fileattr in the repository via a 'cvs watch add' command. I am also
> under the impression that adding a new directory with new files will not
> automagically inherit notify statements for the parent directory.
>
Your impression is accurate. I did a quick test (watch on dir) and the
fileattr file contained a list of files in that directory.
- Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Dan White, 2004/07/29
- Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/07/29
- Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Dan White, 2004/07/29
- Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/07/29
- Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Dan White, 2004/07/29
- Re: Is there a way to Auto-Watch ?, Mark D. Baushke, 2004/07/29