[desktop-discuss] dsearch : java desktop search engine

[Alan Coopersmith]

Brian Nitz wrote:
> This looks interesting, I always wondered whether things such as gamin 
> and libgtop should be implemented using dtrace libraries.  

Perhaps it would have been viable as a temporary solution until the real
API went into the kernel, but as a long term plan, it doesn't seem to be
a good idea since DTrace is designed to drop events to prevent system
performance issues, and requires more privilege than you may want your
file indexer to have.

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