====== fseventer ====== **{{fseventer.zip|Download}}** Application 573Kb (v2.7.6, July 2010) {{software:fseventer:icon.png }} - Your donations help us to focus further development on particular projects. Release plan (as of August 2010): * v2.7.6 'Snow Secure' version to address low level issues * v2.8.0 to eventually follow to readdress some usability issues ===== Description ===== * Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight * Provides a graphical representation of the file activity * Example use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc * Requires admin access & will only work on Mac OS X 10.4+ i.e. "Tiger", "Leopard", or "Snow Leopard" {{shot1.gif|Screen Shot - treeview}} {{shot2.gif|Screen Shot - tableview and file inspector}} ===== Release Notes ===== * 2.80 (UNRELEASED) * Tree trimming - limit depth/breadth in gui * 2.7.6 * Restored support for G3/G4 class machines - bad xcode - BAD! (Sorry about this hickup dear users) * 2.7.5 Snow Secure * Supports 64bit kernel of Snow Leopard * Secure install, no longer requires to be run from boot volume * Can be run by normal (non-admin) user * 2.7.0 * Experimental Support for 64 bit kernel * Initial rewrite so authentication is as per Apple guidelines * 2.6.6 * path and process filters can be exclude or include * can filter out invisible (DOT) files * can filter processes based on which application is frontmost * Minor bug fixes * 2.6.5 - Missing events bug fix (some events were quietly being ignored) * Cosmetic improvements - crisper icons in table, core animation in filter * Help now comments on Apple's fseventd (which has nothing to do with this app), and uninstalling * 2.6.2 - Minor Bug fixes - removed noisy debug code * 2.6 Filtering * Advanced filters (event, process, path, etc) can be applied to all views * Unified functionality into toolbar, with some nicer icons * Extra preference added to revert to old style of tree * 2.5 Interface redux * Improved layout and clarity of tree * Fixed incomplete printing bug and other various minor bugs * 2.2.2 Usability bug fixes * Donate window will NOT show once you've checked the donate box! * Sparkle update fixed (removes need to force-quit application to complete auto-update) * 2.2 Bug fixes, [[software:appcasts]] updating support. * 2.1 Leopard support - including XATTR fsevents and monitoring via official FSEVENT API. Also now able to save results as log file. * 2.0 New Gui with table and inspector, can now track up to 10000 events, new experimental list of all open files * 1.6 Universal binary, alternative method to monitor events that doesn't require spotlight * 1.5 Printing, drag'n'drop, keyboard navigation, better display algorithm and improved tooltips * 1.1 Minor bug fixes for when lots of events, GUI tweaks, and added help * 1.0 Password only needed for installation, click files for info & double-click to open in finder, more preferences, minor bug fix in tree code * 0.6 Add Unicode filenames, handling of resource-forks, and improved fading of old items * 0.5 Initial public release ===== Known Issues ===== * First time it is run it will ask for your password so that it can set root permissions on it's internal helper tool * Pre 2.7.0 versions must be copied to a disk where root permissions can be set * It will automatically drop events once its internal buffer is full - limit set in preferences (can increase to 10000) * **BUG**: In the treeview, sometimes items (or the entire tree) will disappear - yet they can still be seen in the tableview ===== Future Plans ===== * Multiple selection, drag select, in the tree view * Keyboard support for home/end pageup/down, toggling between views, etc * The timeline view * The process view * File reads (unlikely) ===== Related Links ===== * [[http://www.kernelthread.com/software/fslogger|fslogger]] - command line tool that subscribes to Mac OS X 10.4+ fsevents and displays file system changes * [[http://greenearthcommons.org/rian/gfslogger/|gfslogger]] (DEADLINK) - opensource implementation of fslogger