Open Radar

 
29-Sep-2011 12:36 PM Travis Tilley:
Summary:

Please read the github issue comments, starting with: https://github.com/thibaudgg/rb-fsevent/issues/10#issuecomment-2229407

While the bug is occuring, realpath()/readdir() and FSCopyAliasInfo() return paths with different case. The filesystem is always HFS+. It appears that Dropbox exacerbates the problem, but is not in itself responsible. In all scenarios, renaming the folder to a different case and back fixes the problem.

I guess my second biggest problem here is that people see the bug report, rename a directory, and go on with their lives... leaving me in the dark about the issue's root cause. ;)


Steps to Reproduce:
1. not
2. a
3. clue


Expected Results:

events should always fire.


Actual Results:

if realpath() and FSCopyAliasInfo() return different case for a path, then fsevents are not fired.


Notes:

The bug is reliably detected by this code: https://github.com/andreyvit/find-fsevents-bugs/blob/master/find-fsevents-bugs.c

Unfortunately, I am unaware of how to reliably _reproduce_ the bug myself, and it's easy to accidentally fix.