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RE: [ECS] Can ECS monitor a directory?
David Kindred
Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:25:15 -0500

Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:25:15 -0500

A.J.,

I've got a kludge of an idea. This will only let you know (potentially) if
you have WAV files at all in the directory. Have a batch file named
"check.bat" such as the following:

DEL check.txt
DIR *.WAV /b >check.txt

This will put the listing of any WAV's into a file, without the header
information you generally get with a DIR. Then, use ECS to check the first
character of the file to see if it's non null. Might work.

--David
  -----Original Message-----
  From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
  Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:17 AM
  To: ECS List
  Subject: [ECS] Can ECS monitor a directory?


  Can ECS monitor a directory and tell (without knowing any specific
filenames) if a new file is in a particular directory?

  I would like this capability to track whether I have new messages from my
voicemail software, and be able to play them through ECS.  They are saved as
*.WAV files in a directory by themselves.  However, the filename is
complicated - it's based on the time and date - and it's never the same.

  Thanks!

  -=A.J.

A.J.,

I've got a kludge of an idea. This will only let you know (potentially) if you have WAV files at all in the directory. Have a batch file named "check.bat" such as the following:

DEL check.txt

DIR *.WAV /b >check.txt

This will put the listing of any WAV's into a file, without the header information you generally get with a DIR. Then, use ECS to check the first character of the file to see if it's non null. Might work.

--David

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:17 AM
To: ECS List
Subject: [ECS] Can ECS monitor a directory?

Can ECS monitor a directory and tell (without knowing any specific filenames) if a new file is in a particular directory?

I would like this capability to track whether I have new messages from my voicemail software, and be able to play them through ECS. They are saved as *.WAV files in a directory by themselves. However, the filename is complicated - it's based on the time and date - and it's never the same.

Thanks!

-=A.J.