For clarity, the author did say in another comment that for Windows they plan to implement system API calls to watch files instead of manually scanning the filesystem. For macOS and linux it is listening to OS events.
Everything uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USN_Journal for fast NTFS monitoring.
Re:Show HN: Filesystem Watcher
by mellosouls on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:21AM
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Voidtools gives security warnings in my browser, fwiw.
Of course it does, its competing with Microsoft by providing actually working instant local search.
Re:Show HN: Filesystem Watcher
by mellosouls on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @11:32AM
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My chrome browser.
> instant local search
still checks out :) But I checked just to be sure and no warning in Version 106.0.5249.91 (Official Build) (32-bit). Maybe its your corporate baby content web filter?
Re:Show HN: Filesystem Watcher
by mellosouls on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @01:01PM
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No, its a certificate issue; probably minor, but a server-side thing to attend to by the looks of it.
There are no certificate issues in my Chrome. Are you sure your not on some MITMing VPN?
Re:Show HN: Filesystem Watcher
by mellosouls on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @10:11AM
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(late update for anybody reading this): looks like you were correct, (apologies to voidtools). When I click through the (local) corporate content blocker kicks in.
It’s being addressed here:
https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9792
but programmatically and its highly scriptable, pretty cool. Will definitely add it to my arsenal of troubleshooting tools.
Edit: never mind, This tool is manually scanning the filesystem instead of listening to OS events https://github.com/e-dant/watcher/blob/989147b183ee0547d71a1...