[NTLUG:Discuss] Setting up a watch folder

[Ralph Green]

Howdy,
  I think I would take the opportunity to use inotify. This is a feature
that has been in for a while that will let you get notified when the new
file comes in.
   http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-inotify.html
Good luck,
Ralph

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 15:53 -0600, Daniel Hauck wrote:
> line, so that functionality is simple and works.  So now I just want to
> set up a "watch folder" that will respond to plot files being present by
> sending them to the plotter and then deleting the file.