Re: [Boost-users] Transferring files across a network.

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Transferring files across a network.
From: Andrew Maclean (andrew.amaclean_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-16 04:58:31

This is good news.
I am very interested in following this up as it sounds just what I
need. Can you give me some more specific pointers? The asynchronous
file system monitoring sounds really good.

Thanks in advance
 Andrew

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Cliff Green <cliffg_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Can anyone give me any pointers? I think I should use boost asio but I
>> don't know where to start with it. The tutorial and examples, while
>> good haven't provided me with an insight yet!
>
> I would think a combination of Boost.Asio and Boost.FileSystem would do the
> job for you. Plus there's been some prototype (and maybe some production
> ready) code that does asynchronous file system monitoring (as provided by OS
> level facilities) floating around on the Asio mailing list. This could
> replace your periodic "directory poll", making it that much more efficient
> (if that matters).
>
> Read up on both of the above libraries and ask questions as appropriate.
>
> Cliff
>
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