Watched folder with linux shares

[Sam Marrocco]

Watched folders (in vb.net) apparently do not function when "watching" a
shared drive that is a linux/samba drive. Does anyone know of anything
to alter in samba to get the linux box to "notify" the windows clients
of updates to directories? Windows folders never update correctly when
files on the linux server are changed, which I'm guessing is a related
issue.
TIA.
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"Sam Marrocco" <sS****************@gtninc.com> schrieb:

Watched folders (in vb.net) apparently do not function
when "watching" a shared drive that is a linux/samba drive.
Does anyone know of anything to alter in samba to get the
linux box to "notify" the windows clients of updates to
directories? Windows folders never update correctly when
files on the linux server are changed, which I'm guessing is
a related issue.

Did you already post the question in a Linux ng?

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[Sam Marrocco]

>Did you already post the question in a Linux ng?

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Herfried K. Wagner

Yes, more than once, and I've never received a response
that solved the issue. This has been a long-standing issue
that I've yet to resolve.

[Cor]

Sam,
I never heard of it, but why not build something yourself.
A thread with a wait, and a directeryinfo every 20 seconds that trows an
event when there are changes,
that cannot be that hard to build I expect?
(If the directeryinfo on the Linux share works correct of course, I don't
know I have zero Linux expirience)
Just a thought
Cor

[Sam Marrocco]

Cor wrote:

Sam,
I never heard of it, but why not build something yourself.
A thread with a wait, and a directeryinfo every 20 seconds that trows an
event when there are changes,
that cannot be that hard to build I expect?
(If the directeryinfo on the Linux share works correct of course, I don't
know I have zero Linux expirience)
Just a thought
Cor

I suppose the point here is to *avoid* having to scan the
directory....something I've done whenever using a linux server, but
would like to avoid. The WatchFolder class in .net is extremely useful,
so I'd like to use it, but it won't work because of this linux/samba issue.

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Sam J. Marrocco
Sr. Visual Effects Artist/R&D
Travelling Pictures/GTN
Inferno, Flame, Houdini, Maya, All that cool stuff!
"The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist."
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