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RE: [ECS] Can ECS monitor a directory? A.J. Griglak Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:36:33 -0500

Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:36:33 -0500

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Hmm.. Thanks for the quick reply.  Great idea!  I will look into, but I am
really weak with reading text files and converting them for ECS...   (I'll
post a related question in a separate message)

[A.J. Griglak]

  -----Original Message-----
From: David Kindred [mailto:david_kindred@iname.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:25 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] Can ECS monitor a directory?


  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.

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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.

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