Topic awaiting preservation: monitor folder on server?

Was wondering what the best way to monitor a folder on a server would be?

I have anonymous FTP set up on a server, when a file is uploaded to the site, I would like to have an email shot off to specific people along with the filename saying "File whatever.psd has been uploaded successfully" or something to the nature.

Thanks in advance!

Later,

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Sounds like something for a cron job. If you can make a script (PHP, Perl, Shell, or whatever floats your boat) that checks the directory for any new/updated files since the last check and reports them as you like, then all you have to do is make a cron job run it every minute or so. Be careful with scripts that send emails and cron jobs, you don't want an email sent every time the cron job runs.

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zavaboy said:

Sounds like something for a cron job.

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yeah, this lovely host that we have doesn't allow me to set up cron jobs....nice huh?

Later,

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If you can get shell access, can you set up an at job? it's not that hard to set up an at job that will, when it finishes, will set up another at job, and so on.


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Skaarjj said:

can you set up an at job?

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What's an at job?

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I believe this is what Skaarjj is talking about: at command

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(Edited by Lord_Fukutoku on 11-21-2007 19:40)

Gotcha. thanks. I'll take a look at that and see if I can get that going.

I think we are switching hosting companies soon anyway. I didn't get to have a say in the hosting company we currently have. Restricted to 25 emails, no PHP-FTP (but they do have Register Globals on for me ). They pretty much suck.

Thanks for the info though. I'll see if I can get that going

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(Edited by CPrompt on 11-21-2007 23:25)