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Re: [fam] fam limitations

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Subject: Re: [fam] fam limitations
From: Christian Kreibich <kreibich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 11:08:28 +0200
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Michael WARDLE wrote:
> 
> > could someone please tell me what the key drawbacks of using
> > fam are ? (I believe fam does not allow a single process to monitor
> more
> > than 1,000 files/directories)
> 
> I believe this is a limitation of IMon related to a fixed event queue
> size, so it does not apply when other monitors (such as DNotify) are
> being used.  Given this number is hard-coded in the IMon patch, you
> could also change that number to a greater one on your systems, but
> that is not ideal.

Mhmmm I was under the impression that it's rather a limitation of
dnotify, based on the maximum number of open file descriptors, is that
incorrect?

Cheers,
Christian.
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