srid/unionmount

Add functions to monitor a single file

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#2 opened on Jul 4, 2022

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Description

Watching a directory is overkill and unnecessary when all you want to observe is a single file.

Challenge: fsnotify doesn't provide file-level monitoring, but maybe we can hook into the underlying low-level libraries.

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Research direction
Research low level file system notification APIs (e.g., inotify on Linux, FSEvents on macOS) and explore how to use them in Haskell to monitor a single file. Look at existing Haskell bindings like hinotify or the fsnotify package source code for patterns.
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haskell
Domain
backend
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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HaskellGitfsnotify concept
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65