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Re: Folder watching

Subject: Re: Folder watching
From: Jerry Krinock <email@hidden>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:02:09 -0800


On 2009 Feb 10, at 07:30, Mark Woods wrote:

I'm creating an application that watches certain folders for new files, and then performs various tasks on these files. I'm developing it as a Foundation Tool that will run in the background.

Well, kqueue would work, but launchd can watch directories for you and ^launch^ your app when a file is added. Read this...

http://developer.apple.com/macosx/launchd.html

Maintaining a background app running 24/7 requires infrastructure which is nice to avoid.

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