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Questions tagged [file-watcher]

A utility or library to perform actions when files are updated, added or deleted.

Common issues for file watcher utilities include

  • How to determine when files being added are fully available (IE: If a file is being FTPed to a directory, has the FTP process finished?)
  • How to notify interested consumers that a file has been updated/added/deleted
  • Scheduling issues such as whether the file watcher runs continuously or every xx seconds or minutes.
  • Whether a file is moved/archived after processing
  • Whether multiple input files that match a wildcard can be processed concurrently.

If your question is about the .NET component FileSystemWatcher also include the tag . For the Qt toolkit QFileSystemWatcher class also include the tag .

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Babel - Uncaught ReferenceError: exports is not defined

We switched from Uglify.js to Babel & Babel minifier, yet while Babel and Babel minifer seem to work fine, using ES6 import/export give me some trouble on the browser page. I am using WebStorm as an IDE and I use a Babel file watcher to…
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WebStorm File Watcher is not working, access denied

When trying to compile a project, the File Watcher breaks down to compile .sass files into .css via WebStorm. The error message looks like this: The watcher has been disabled. Error: Cannot run…
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Rails reload requires a new login/clears session

I'm currently finding my dev loop to be rather slow. I'm using the file_watcher config in development.rb to allow the rails server to reload when files have changed. The issue I'm running into, however, is that the reload appears to be clearing the…
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I need my Control-M File Watcher job to pick up a file having a specific type of file pattern name

I have files of two file pattern HUB.SG.20220902.01.P and HUB.SG.20220902.001.P in the second file name the .001. will keep on incrementing like the next file will be HUB.SG.20220902.002.P . . . HUB.SG.20220902.100.P and so on but the first file…
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How do I notify the main form from a called filewatcher class on error?

I have a form that I'm calling a class that creates a filewatcher and does varies other things when the filewatcher fires. If an error occurs during the the filewatcher changed event, I need to let the main form know there was an issue. My…
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Hot restart/reload not always working in flutter

I think it has something to do with this warning I keep getting from dart sdk Socket error: FileSystemException: Directory watcher closed unexpectedly, path = 'c:\Users\Saad\OneDrive\Documents\Scripts\mutanafisun' I searched for a solution for it…
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Monitor Files/Polling or File Watcher in FTP location using Java

I was using File Watcher to monitor files in local. Is there any way to monitor files in FTP. I have heard Spring Integration. Does Spring integration solve the issue.
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Intellij Filewatcher, how to hard code what file to compile?

I have got the same issue as the guy in this post: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/206447829-File-watchers-issues-and-LESS @Andriy Bazanov suggests to "hard code what file to compile". My question is, how do you do…
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FileSystemWatcher is not working on network paths

I have a FileSystemWatcher that runs on the network folder, and it worked for a week without any issue after I deployed it into the server. After that, FSW doesn't work, and I have to re-deploy to make it work. I am not sure exactly what I am…
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I'm having an issue running multiple npm scripts using "parallel shell" - code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'

Good day developers, I'm having an issue running multiple npm scripts using parallel shell. Here are the dependencies in my package.json file: { "name": "confusion", "version": "1.0.0", "description": "This is a website for Ristorante Con…
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npm-watch runs only once

I tried to use npm-watch as file watcher to compile scss files. As I run npm run watch, the script runs and does what I expected. But after the run, it immediately ends and does not run again on file change. In other words, it works but it does not…
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Apache Camel File-Watch Without Spring

I am trying to use Apache Camel File-Watch feature. However I notice all example are used along with Spring. Is there anyway to make use of this feature without Spring ? Thank you for any potential input. Best regards.
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WebStorm file watcher does not work after Mac update

This is the current settings: Arguments: $FileName$ $ProjectFileDir$/css/$FileNameWithoutExtension$.css --source-map true --output-style expanded Output paths to refresh :…
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Scala - DirectoryWatcher library; Thread is not blocked

I am new to scala and have been trying to implement the directory watcher using https://index.scala-lang.org/gmethvin/directory-watcher/directory-watcher-better-files/0.13.0 library, but I am facing watching a directory recursively. I am running in…
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Spring integration file watcher

I am using spring integration for file watcher and I am successfully able to poll file in the specified time. But I want to look into the specified directory and get the list of files and process them rather than processing individual files .below…
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