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Re: [ECS] ecs monitor a file David Mccoll Fri, 12 May 2000 04:35:59 -0700

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I would suggest 2 possible ways you may consider.

1 create a script file whith a continuous loop that checks for and deletes
the "info file" after sending the necessary parameters to postite then it
would have to pause or wait before looping.  What worries me about this
method is the amout of CPU time this kills effectively locking the machine
into a task.

2 use the task scheduler to run a script in which postie is called then the
file is deleted and a flag sent to ecs on completion.
I have a really neat little scripting program called AUTO-IT that will allow
you to set this up simply and then ceate an EXE file of the script if you
like.

David Mccoll
thishouse@home.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "paul venables" <paulv@telus.net>
To: "Ecs List" <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: [ECS] ecs monitor a file


> how does one.........
> what i would like to do is have ecs write to a file (no problem there) but
> have ecs know when that file
> has been written to,monitor that file i guess for change.then have ecs
send
> that file contents to my cell phone via postie then delete the file so
> things are ready for next time.
>
> thanks in advance
> paul venables
>
>

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