From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 15 19:24:15 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0476748 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x233.google.com (mail-qc0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92A12122B for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id e16so22232332qcx.10 for ; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:24:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=seibercom.net; s=google; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3woDuPMlxdyTjMtcDyBfrcVEY/ycH8npek0p/63VjHE=; b=rWzDBVRJY4Y/SZT+TjWfe1Gm3I6ftutUXmxf4fKNKFiCWP2/62u+vfsCbr1gyQps2z E4zkaxmE38MPKn+Ol7kw87x5A/T06fg8l1T8BfN4/hxM3P9DJO17MB7JFIfMuRTsK8IY 5Qz37X8ijYvNPkfT3q6ZgBjyC7Ji+OX5SkPsc= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=3woDuPMlxdyTjMtcDyBfrcVEY/ycH8npek0p/63VjHE=; b=kIMoO5ywDNM9koj84FOJwFOisiq1xdRlAz/JXHUClYQ+tBXFH2PC2a8IeOzlDKEf74 jToBsP3iYSzqDxp50k2OvsG3etvNB0D/Lh8BlOoYN/j3unLlalQzfWsXRvKrM/17E7tZ CrE27nIq8chNhJmdpigPhNqqFXTMVgjZ1jD8F+M/OwSCxtVVB5UK1Y9I3jQ5Glo/6Mgp FWjxhhSORA1RMT4WCcF0MrdCDX6l4Hc9CPWPu6fNmDfgaQ0KWpJK6jvWgN7NjrnRLqKJ pL0sXzMFvlIPHdDl9A490yDP8v3wpRJfJrO3kZHeiV3P4hWBsTolDx7nkwdMQEUCd/LU ZdWg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmmeQd0fz4/TD5BObxLYZznWkFjg1hyzWOxfm7L1m301RIcPgvrcFL6uvwLM2JkxetILKqH X-Received: by 10.224.56.5 with SMTP id w5mr23527553qag.60.1392492254700; Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:24:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id m14sm28041600qax.9.2014.02.15.11.24.14 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:24:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:24:13 -0500 From: Jerry To: User questions Subject: Re: Dropbox on FreeBSD Message-ID: <20140215142413.6d10c24b@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20791A12-EBA8-4CD7-B94E-CDC407967D06@gmail.com> References: <20140215070812.0f1c582f@scorpio> <20140215170859.GB11033@e330> <20791A12-EBA8-4CD7-B94E-CDC407967D06@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: User questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:24:15 -0000 On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:01:01 -0600, Matthew Pherigo stated: > As I understand it, Dropbox relies on the inotify functionality in the > Linux kernel, and there is no equivalent function in the FreeBSD kernel > (which is why the linux compatibility layer doesn't have an inotify > function either). There are some unofficial solutions to this problem, > but as far as I can see, btsync is a great solution. I do remember seeing something regarding the "inotify" function a year or so ago. However, I thought that someone said there would be an update to FreeBSD and that ability would be added. I updated to FreeBSD 10 hoping that it would be able to run Dropbox without investing in a Rube Goldberg setup. Considering that "DropBox" has been around for quite a while now, I would have hoped that FreeBSD would have caught up with the technology. -- Jerry