How to? Using FOLDERMONITOR 1 event causes multiple trigger(ing)s

[tmpease]

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ATTEMPT #1

When I try something very similar to the example in the help:

foldermonitor c:\tcc\inbox created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\tcc\outbox\"​

then execute (the event)

[C:\tcc\inbox] copy ..\foo bar /Q​

The trigger(s) copy(s) it 3 times:
C:\TCC\inbox\bar => C:\tcc\outbox\bar
1 file copied
C:\TCC\inbox\bar => C:\tcc\outbox\bar
1 file copied
C:\TCC\inbox\bar => C:\tcc\outbox\bar
1 file copied

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ATTEMPT #2

To see which trigger types were doing this, I tried

foldermonitor /c​

foldermonitor c:\tcc\inbox created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\tcc\outbox\%%_folderaction"​

​

then execute (the event)

[C:\tcc\inbox] copy ..\foo bar /Q​

1 CREATED and 2 MODIFIEDs triggers fire:

C:\TCC\inbox\foo => C:\tcc\outbox\CREATED
1 file copied
C:\TCC\inbox\foo => C:\tcc\outbox\MODIFIED
1 file copied
C:\TCC\inbox\foo => C:\tcc\outbox\MODIFIED
1 file copied​

​

And BTW: the prompt doesn't come up.

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ATTEMPT #3
When I try this:

foldermonitor /c​

foldermonitor c:\tcc\inbox CREATED forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\tcc\outbox\%%_folderaction"​

​

then execute (the event)

[C:\tcc\inbox] copy ..\foo bar /Q​

3 triggers still fire;

C:\TCC\inbox\bar => C:\tcc\outbox\CREATED
1 file copied
TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied
TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied​

​

And BTW: the prompt doesn't come up.

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Even when DELeting

[c:\tcc\inbox]del bar /Q​

​

1 trigger fires, apparently after deletion

TCC: (Sys)
The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied​

​

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Even When RENaming /Q

[c:\tcc\inbox]ren bar fooey​

​

3 triggers fire, apparently using the old name

TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied
TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied
TCC: (Sys) The system cannot find the file specified.
""
0 files copied​

​

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--Tim

 

[Joe Caverly]

What version of TCMD, and what OS and version?

Joe

 

[tmpease]

What version of TCMD, and what OS and version?

Joe

Most recent version of TCMD. Most up to date Win XP. Do you need version numbers?

 

[Joe Caverly]

Hi,
When I do;

foldermonitor c:\utils created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\utils\outbox"

then open mybu.btm in NotePad++, make a change, then save mybu.btm, I get;

C:\utils\mybu.btm => C:\utils\outbox\mybu.btm
     1 file copied
C:\utils\outbox\mybu.btm => C:\utils\outbox\mybu.btm
TCC: Can't COPY or MOVE file to itself "C:\utils\outbox\mybu.btm"
     0 files copied       1 failed
C:\utils\mybu.btm => C:\utils\outbox\mybu.btm
     1 file copied

I also have to press ENTER to get the prompt back.

I also tried this on;

TCC  12.11.76   Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
TCC Build 76   Windows XP Build 2600  Service Pack 3

Same results. As the example from the help is;

For example, to monitor your [B][I]d:\results[/I][/B] directory and copy any new or modified files to a web page:
 
foldermonitor d:\results created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "http://mycompany.com/results/"

Either the example in the help is not correct, something is wrong with the command, or I am missing something simple.

Joe

 

[vefatica]

1. I'm not surprised that the prompt is not re-issued after output is generated by a FOLDERMONITOR command. A thread other than TCC's main thread is doing the monitoring and the main thread (issuing prompts, accepting input, et c.) is not aware that there has been output.

2. I don't know if it's by design, but _FOLDERFILE1 is not fully-qualified; it's just a file name. So whether or not it's found will depend on TCC's current directory.

 

[rconn]

2. I don't know if it's by design, but _FOLDERFILE1 is not fully-qualified; it's just a file name. So whether or not it's found will depend on TCC's current directory.

WAD. Windows only returns the filename; if you want the path you'll have to add it yourself.

 

[rconn]

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When I try something very similar to the example in the help:

foldermonitor c:\tcc\inbox created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\tcc\outbox\"​

then execute (the event)

[C:\tcc\inbox] copy ..\foo bar /Q​

The trigger(s) copy(s) it 3 times:

WAD -- Windows is returning three events. If you don't want all the events, you need to filter them.

To see which trigger types were doing this, I tried

foldermonitor /c​

foldermonitor c:\tcc\inbox created modified forever copy "%%_folderfile1" "c:\tcc\outbox\%%_folderaction"​

​

then execute (the event)

[C:\tcc\inbox] copy ..\foo bar /Q​

​

And BTW: the prompt doesn't come up.

See above. And the prompt did come up, but it was overwritten by the asynchronous output from COPY in the monitoring thread.

The Windows behavior is to return multiple events on most file operations. It's up to the user to decide which ones they want -- there's no way for TCC to automagically determine which one is most important to you.

 

[JohnQSmith]

there's no way for TCC to automagically determine which one is most important to you.

What?!? I thought you had perfected that DWIM parser! ;)

 

[rconn]

What?!? I thought you had perfected that DWIM parser! ;)

It's an optional add-on. Just email me your credit card info (better make that *all* of your credit cards).