id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,guest,host
10660,File update in shared folder does not trigger inotify on Ubuntu,unbi,,"Hello all!

I'm using virtualbox 4.1.16 and latest guest addition.

My Host is Windows 7 and Guest is Ubuntu 11.10

I have a shared folder which its files suppose to be ""watched"" for changes from the Ubuntu machine by a node.js application - grunt:[https://github.com/cowboy/grunt]

the ""watch"" functionality in node.js is based on inotify:[http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_writefilesync_filename_data_encoding]

for some reason, when i update a file in the shared folder from within the win host the Ubuntu guest does not triggers a file change.

i know its not a bug within node.js app since when i use:
touch filename.js command in the ubuntu cmd the watch function works.

plus i saw someone else suffer from this kind of bug in different ruby application check it out on this url:[https://github.com/guard/guard/issues/269]

your help is highly appreciated!

Thanks :)
",defect,closed,other,VirtualBox 4.1.16,wontfix,,,other,other