Tjalve Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 Hello my fellow scripters. Im currently working on a script hat needs to check a specific file for changes. The idee is to let the script sleep until the specific file gets updates or changed and then resume the script. What is the mot effective way of doing this? Check the filezise is not practical since the size be the same evev if the file has been chaged. I dont want to read the entire file once every second. Any smart idees?
Bert Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 read the file modified time stamp The Vollatran project My blog: http://www.vollysinterestingshit.com/
JohnQSmith Posted July 17, 2012 Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) @scullion: A file can be saved without changes and therefor have a modified time stamp.@Tjalve: Look at _Crypt_HashFile using MD5 or SHA1.Edit: Actually a combination of both would be best. Watch time stamp for changes then check hash to make sure. Edited July 17, 2012 by JohnQSmith Whenever someone says "pls" because it's shorter than "please", I say "no" because it's shorter than "yes".
Moderators Melba23 Posted July 17, 2012 Moderators Posted July 17, 2012 Tjalve, seangriffin's FileSystemMonitor UDF will allow you to see when the file has been altered. I have used it very successfully to detect such changes. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area
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