From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AB6ABC69 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:14:19 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAEYoH0fAXQInh2dsb2JhbACBWo0AAgEICik X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,325,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="18569992" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2007 20:14:18 +0200 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9OIEIot002423 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:14:18 +0200 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq4HAAsoH0fQOfEbWmdsb2JhbACBWox2ASA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,325,1188770400"; d="scan'208";a="3606132" Received: from lgb-static-208.57.241.27.mpowercom.net (HELO sanddune.1969web.com) ([208.57.241.27]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2007 20:14:16 +0200 Received: from [10.3.2.21] (zilles.1969web.com [10.3.2.21]) by sanddune.1969web.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D7D6BAD5E0; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:14:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <471F8B6B.3080306@1969web.com> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:14:03 -0700 From: Karl Zilles Organization: 1969 Communications, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Jones , Ocaml Subject: Re: [Caml-list] How to monitor a specific file for changes References: <20071023052001.517e957e.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> <471CFD24.30805@1969web.com> <20071024125457.GB12110@furbychan.cocan.org> In-Reply-To: <20071024125457.GB12110@furbychan.cocan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 471F8B7A.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; wrote:01 caml-list:01 thesis:01 let:03 perhaps:05 linux:07 i'm:09 platforms:09 wrong:10 file:11 coded:12 poll:12 changes:12 writing:12 think:13 Richard Jones wrote: > /me weeps. > > Please don't do this. Processes which regularly poll are a bane for > people who are working to reduce the power consumption of laptops and > servers. While your heart is in the right place, I think your priorities are wrong on this one. They guy is writing a thesis project, not a commercial application. Let him get it coded. I'm sure he's got more to worry about than saving a few watts here and there. Or perhaps, if you feel strongly about it, you can contribute some tested code that works on Mac OS X and linux platforms.