Re: [PATCH] Added basic file system watching support.

[Michael Albinus]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> For `inotify-rm-watch' that's not possible right now. It takes as
>> argument WATCH-DESCRIPTOR, which is not a file name, and which does not
>> contain a file name.
>> 
>> Could we extend the interface of `inotify-rm-watch' to add a file name?
>
> Why do you need an extension?  This is Lisp: we could pass the file
> name _as_ the descriptor.  Since the remote file handler will take
> care of the call anyway, it will assign the correct meaning to the
> descriptor.

Sure, that would be sufficient for Tramp. I had the impression, that a
more complex structure as descriptor was chosen, because there could be
several `inotify-add-watch' calls for the *same* file, being different
in the aspect or the callback function.

Best regards, Michael.