Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 14:24:13 -0500 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> 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>
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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
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