imsnif/diskonaut

Feature: Live View

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#4 opened on Jun 17, 2020

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Description

diskonaut does not re-scan the hard-drive once it is done. If the files change, it does not know about it.

It would be cool if it could listen to the folders it scanned for changes and update itself. Whatever method we choose to implement it, let's make sure not to take up too many resources (CPU mostly) on the host machine.

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Research direction
Explore filesystem notification crates like 'notify' in Rust. Learn how to efficiently watch directories for changes and update the disk usage tree without full rescan. Consider using platform specific APIs (inotify on Linux, FSEvents on macOS) for performance.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Rust
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65