Is there a program or something that can do this?

[theLION]

This is for my workplace. Basically, when someone sends me a file via FTP, is there a program that can tell me when a file arrives instead of me always checking the folder and seeing if the new files arrive? This is for the sake of efficiency since timing is very important. Any ideas???

 

[nweaver]

cron job that runs every 30 seconds, script runs an ls command, then diffs the output against a file that shows the normal contents. If there is a differenece, it sends you an email.

 

[lansalot]

What file system? If under Windows, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/defau...ystemiofilesystemwatcherclasstopic.asp