Re: Filesystem events

On 5/29/2013 10:26 AM, piranna@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Currently there's no way to fetch real time filesystem modifications 
> inside webapps, both on FileLists or DirEntries. I propose to add 
> filesystem monitoring events to the DirEntries objects, so when a file 
> or directory is added, removed or modified a corresponding event would 
> buble on the filesystem hierarchy up to the DirEntry object where an 
> event listener is registered to catch it, so the webapp would act in 
> correspondance (hashing the files, uploading them...).
>
> This would also be applied to the FileSystem API and the DeviceStorage 
> API (so for example files dropped on that folder would be uploaded and 
> later removed, in a mail box or printer queue style) and up to some 
> degree on FileList objects, too.
>

See also:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2012JanMar/0087.html

Received on Wednesday, 29 May 2013 17:51:32 UTC