[rspec-users] Re ducing frequency of autotest file checks

[Kamal Fariz]

> You can reduce the frequency at which autotest checks for changes on  
> your
> file system by adding an initialize hook in your ~/.autotest  
> configuration:

If you are running Leopard, you might be interested in a hack a co- 
worker of mine used to tame autotest. He replaced autotest's polling  
with listening to filesystem events instead with a bit of RubyCocoa  
glue.

Check it out at http://rails.aizatto.com/2007/11/28/taming-the-autotest-beast-with-fsevents



Regards,
Kamal