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		kalleboo on Jan 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FB... > You would probably need the kernel / filesystem to keep track of it to keep it efficient I believe most operating systems have a mechanism for this. E.g. on macOS it's called fsevents, Linux has inotify

72deluxe on Jan 22, 2020 [–]

Yes, these utilities would probably need something in them such that fswatch implements (https://emcrisostomo.github.io/fswatch/) - very useful.

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