FSEvents To VM

Forward OS X file system events to a VM, designed for use with Dinghy.

This is an early proof-of-concept implementation. If it works well in practice, it will be integrated into Dinghy.

Installation

This is a ruby gem, but isn't published yet. To install, clone the repo and run:

$ rake install

Usage

The Dinghy VM must be running. Then in a terminal run:

$ fsevents_to_vm start

You can specify a specific directory to watch. This directory must be already mounted in the VM over NFS. By default, this means anything in your home dir:

$ fsevents_to_vm start ~/projects

Known Limitations

• Delete events are not forwarded.
• Multiple events for the same file within the same 1/100th of a second may cause events to be missed.
• Some directories that you are unlikely to care about are ignored, for example ~/Library.