Simple File Watcher

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smartnhandsome - 16 Oct 2007 06:58 GMT

Can some one suggest a way to monitor a directory to see a know file
named file is put in a directory using Java.

Thanks In advance.

Regards

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Gordon Beaton - 16 Oct 2007 07:03 GMT

> Can some one suggest a way to monitor a directory to see a know file
> named file is put in a directory using Java.

Even though your OS's may provide a callback mechanism for monitoring
the file system, in Java you need to poll:

File f = new File("/some/directory/myfile.foo");
while (!f.exists()) Thread.sleep(10);

/gordon

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Real Gagnon - 16 Oct 2007 12:27 GMT

> Can some one suggest a way to monitor a directory to see a know file
> named file is put in a directory using Java.

See this simple file watcher,

http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0490.html

Bye.

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smartnhandsome - 17 Oct 2007 21:17 GMT

Thanks Real and Gordon your response.

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