| Feature |
Windows |
CallbackFilter |
| File system support |
NTFS or network drive. No FAT or FAT32 support |
Any file system including any local or network file system |
| Permissions required |
SeBackupPrivilege and read access to the folder being monitored. SeBackupPrivilege permission is usually available for administrator accounts only |
None. Use of CallbackFilter doesn't require any special permissions and can be done under limited accounts. Installation of CallbackFilter driver requires administrative rights. |
| Windows security restrictions |
Followed. You won't get proper notification on files you don't have access to. |
Bypassed by the driver. Your application gets notifications about all file and directory events and doesn't care about security permissions set on files and directories. |
| Operation mode |
Asynchronous (you only get notifications) |
Synchronous or Asynchronous (you can intercept the request and modify it or prevent it from being processed) |
| Types of events tracked |
Creation, Deletion, Modification, Renaming |
All types of file system events (including access and directory enumeration) are tracked |
| Reliability |
Not reliable (some notifications can be omited or lost) |
Reliable (you get notifications on all events that happen when your application is running) |
| Source code availability |
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