On 06/04/12 08:15, Warren Block wrote:

> gamin opens the directory (of the newly-mounted device) so it can check for 
> new files being created or files being renamed, and then notify the window 
> manager, which updates the user's desktop. The open makes the device in-use, 
> preventing an unmount.
> 
> Setting gamin to "poll" helps. (I assume it opens the directory, scans, then 
> closes it again, so there's a race condition there, but I haven't encountered 
> it.)
> 
> gamin can also be disabled for certain directories. That works (AFAIR, it's 
> been a while), but then you lose instant icon updates on the very directories 
> where it is the most useful.

Can you tell me where any of this is documented?
I can't find squat about gamin.
no man page and no docs in the /usr/local tree
Checked the port options for gamin itself and see there's a place to turn on 
the poller, to that should solve that problem.
But where does one learn about disabling specific directories or other info?

Thanks,

Gary
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