Package: inotify-tools Version: 3.13-3 Severity: wishlist I recently spent quite a lot of time debugging issue like this: 1. Set inotifywait -m to monitor a file 2. Move the file or make a hardlink to it 3. Subsequent notifications about the file still show the original filename which is confusing.
I understand that the tool has no easy way of finding out what filename it should report in case of a file that is hardlinked elsewhere, and that even reporting the old name that no longer exists could make a bit of sense in certain situations. The solution I propose is adding a sentence or two in the Bugs/Caveats section of the manpage. It should state that it is the inode being monitored so the filename that is output is not guaranteed to be up to date after a move. Additionaly, that none of the observed operations are guaranteed to have been performed on the filename inotifywait was instructed to monitor in cases when the file is known by several names in the filesystem. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (650, 'stable'), (600, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages inotify-tools depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-2 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libinotifytools0 3.13-3 utility wrapper around inotify inotify-tools recommends no packages. inotify-tools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
