[PyQt] Problem with QFileSystemWatcher

[Baz Walter]

On 10/12/10 18:10, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote:
> Dear Rui,
>
> On Friday 10 December 2010, 11:08:50 NARCISO, Rui wrote:
>> When I use absolute paths (os.path.abspath) or real paths
>> (os.path.realpath) or even relative paths (../../toto) it doesn't
>> work. It only works when I use only the file name.
>
> Works fine here with absolute paths. Consequently, it triggers all four connected signals, if I touch the watched file in my home.
>
> Guys, if you rely on some special file argument, why can't you provide a global variable or even better, a command line parameter.
>
>> I don't think permissions are the problem because I tried the with
>> the same file in the current folder and then in the parent folder and
>> it works for the first and it doesn't for the latter...
>>
>> I'm on a Linux workstation accessing hard drives physically stored in
>> a data center elsewhere. Can this be the problem ? I would think not
>> because if it works for a file in the current folder it should work
>> for the parent folder as well since both are in the same hard
>> drive/filer ...
>
> My home is NFS, too. If I remember correctly, Qt uses simple timer based polling for the file system watcher since being multi-platform they cannot rely on any special OS kernel/filesystem feature.
>
>> Any insight anyone ?
>
> Yes, you're using ancient versions of everything. This is most probably,  what does harm in your case.

the problem appears to be the one detailed in this thread:

     http://lists.trolltech.com/qt-interest/2008-02/thread00553-0.html

there is a 'workaround' suggested there, but it is somewhat hackish, and 
may not be available in the version of qt the op is using.