watcher.Watch() blocks on Windws

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watcher.Watch() blocks on Windws

elgs opened this issue 10 years ago · 3 comments

I implemented a recursive file watch using fsnotify. When I'm trying to watch some deep directory structures, the watcher.Watch() almost always block on Windows.

Answer 1 · 2014-02-24T02:45:53.000Z

Oh :-(

Please be aware of the moving notice: https://github.com/howeyc/fsnotify/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

@howeyc Shall I add this notice to the README as well?

Answer 2 · 2014-02-24T04:37:55.000Z

It's my fault. I tried to watch all the directories before launching the goroutine to process the events. While I was adding new directories to watch, I recorded the directory structure to a data file. When the writing to the data file triggered about ~20-30 events, it blocked. This time the event processing goroutines has not been launched, yet.

Answer 3 · 2014-02-24T15:14:36.000Z

@nathany Yes, I think adding a notice to the README would be helpful.