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How do I watch a folder and report contents every 30 minutes ?

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:02 am
by MitchSharpe
Hello all,



I want to watch a folder and send me an email every 30 minutes if there are files in the folder.



Issue is the files might have been sitting there and have already been reported on, but I want another email every 30 minutes until they have been moved to the next part of the flow manually.



ie: I have images which need to be manually uploaded to a website and then moved to another folder for another part of the flow. Upload cannot be done automagically, it has to be manually at this stage.



If files aren't actioned I need an email reminder to be sent off until they are !



As switch usually just grabs files out of a folder then moves them on, or sits and waits then moves them on I cant see a way to continually "Watch" a folder and send me a report ...



Any suggestions appreciated.



Mitch

How do I watch a folder and report contents every 30 minutes ?

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:52 pm
by jan_suhr
If you make a loop in the flow so that the infolder and outfolder are the same folder on disc you could accomplish this.



Have at least one folder in between so that the files will leave the infolder for at least a short time.



The infolder has to have a "Scan every seconds" setting of 1800 for it to check every 30 minutes, you can then set up the mail to include what files are in the folder in the text.





Good Luck



Jan

How do I watch a folder and report contents every 30 minutes ?

Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:48 am
by MitchSharpe
Thank you Jan, I'll give that a try !



Mitch