> >> When totally removing the directory the file is in while editing it in >> writer, Writer detects this by disabling the "Save" option in the >> menu. This is the right reaction. > > And of course, getting some clean notifications of file-system state > allow us to do that, perhaps we need more.
Please how is this detected. Does writer use a sort of eventloop, (like with epoll), and listning among others to the fd for the file?? Must be, for writer te react the way it does. > >> b. the gentle way. It should be possible somehow that the system >> informs the app (here writer) that the underlying filesystem will be >> unmounted > > it is somewhat unusual for this to happen; however on Linux at least > 'lsof' on the device / mount-point can tell you what processes are using > that file-system, which -should- be convert-able into some pretty user > display: "please save and close LibreOffice documents open on this > drive" (or whatever). > >> Does anyone knows a way to inform an app for this purpose, and if so, >> do you think it's a good idea to add this sort of functionality to >> LibreOffice: > > I would suspect it is quicker and easier to add it in a more generic > way that would identify apps at the OS level; then you get it for ~free > for everything else too. Yes that;s also a good sollution. The pid's of the apps are available, so it's easy to show the list with the apps. Nay I ask you why the "Uhm" when I mentioned my construction. Is it too "strange"?? Stef > > HTH, > > Michael. > > -- > michael.me...@novell.com <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot > > > _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
