Cannot find fanotify in QT 4.8.5 release

[rex1254]

Hi,
I want to make a c++ application that could recursively monitor file changes in a directory in Linux.
In Linux inotify can be used for file monitoring but at a single level. I also found that i can use fanotify to monitor file changes recursively.
I found both inotify header file (sys/inofiy.h and linux/inotify.h) in my QT creator but could not find fanotify header file in my creator.

How can i use fanotify with QT. Does QT support fanotify.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Qt doesn't implement any backend using fanotify. However you can use it directly or implement your own backend using it

[rex1254]

Thanks for your reply SGaist

[rex1254]

Will QT, in its future versions, use fanotify to monitor a Linux directory recursively.

[SGaist]

I don't know. This is more a question for Qt's core developers. You can ask this on the interest mailing list.