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Diffstat (limited to 'src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp')
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diff --git a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp index d3aef27296..a1d90c76f4 100644 --- a/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp +++ b/src/corelib/io/qfilesystemwatcher.cpp @@ -174,26 +174,27 @@ void QFileSystemWatcherPrivate::_q_directoryChanged(const QString &path, bool re they have been renamed or removed from disk, and directories once they have been removed from disk. - \note On systems running a Linux kernel without inotify support, - file systems that contain watched paths cannot be unmounted. - - \note Windows CE does not support directory monitoring by - default as this depends on the file system driver installed. - - \note The act of monitoring files and directories for - modifications consumes system resources. This implies there is a - limit to the number of files and directories your process can - monitor simultaneously. On all BSD variants, for - example, an open file descriptor is required for each monitored - file. Some system limits the number of open file descriptors to 256 - by default. This means that addPath() and addPaths() will fail if - your process tries to add more than 256 files or directories to - the file system monitor. Also note that your process may have - other file descriptors open in addition to the ones for files - being monitored, and these other open descriptors also count in - the total. \macos uses a different backend and does not - suffer from this issue. - + \list + \li \b Notes: + \list + \li On systems running a Linux kernel without inotify support, + file systems that contain watched paths cannot be unmounted. + + \li The act of monitoring files and directories for + modifications consumes system resources. This implies there is a + limit to the number of files and directories your process can + monitor simultaneously. On all BSD variants, for + example, an open file descriptor is required for each monitored + file. Some system limits the number of open file descriptors to 256 + by default. This means that addPath() and addPaths() will fail if + your process tries to add more than 256 files or directories to + the file system monitor. Also note that your process may have + other file descriptors open in addition to the ones for files + being monitored, and these other open descriptors also count in + the total. \macos uses a different backend and does not + suffer from this issue. + \endlist + \endlist \sa QFile, QDir */ |