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Re: [fam] Fam race condition

To: Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [fam] Fam race condition
From: Alex Larsson <alexl@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 18:30:42 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: <rusty@xxxxxxx>, <fam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <Pine.SGI.4.21.0110031359350.269064-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Paul Jackson wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Alex Larsson wrote:
> > Unfortunately, that would delay reported changes up to one second. That is 
> > a user-visible amount of delay.
> 
> ... continuing to brainstorm ... how about both then,
> meaning to notify on first event, and continue to notify
> once per second until an entire second elapses with no
> further events.

This would mean always duplicating events. Once for the initial event and 
once at the end of the second.
 
> ... or perhaps the compression down to one event per
> second is too much compression - try one-tenth of a
> second or such instead ...

Huh? How would you do that? You are still unable to detect any changes in 
the last nine tenths of the second.

/ Alex



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