GNU bug report logs - #22736
25.0.91; file-notify calls wrong callbacks

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Reported by: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>

Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.91

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22736 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22736: 25.0.91; file-notify calls wrong callbacks
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:09:18 +0200

> From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:04:40 +0100
> 
> The problem is that when there is a directory watch on some directory
> and a file watch on a file in that directory, the callback for the
> directory watch gets an event with the descriptor of the file watch.

I think this is because when you ask to watch a file, we actually
watch its parent directory.
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