Continuously monitors a folder for any new files, then triggers a custom action, such as running a second program with the new files. Files can be inserted on the command line or saved to a list file. New files can also be processed by time eg every 30 minutes.
This can be used to:
Process incoming FTP files
Automatically distil PDF files
Process email attachments when they are saved to disk
Load new files into a database
Quickly and easily trigger business processes when files are created
and much more.
File Watcher is used extensively with TextPipe Pro to process incoming text files.