File Watcher Console
About File Watcher Console
File Watcher Console is a simple command line file watcher application that can
be configured using
XML configuration
files. The configuration is entered directly to the
XML configuration files. You can use
XML configuration files from any other File Watcher Utilities application.
File Watcher Console command line arguments
The application reads command line arguments from the command prompt at startup.
The command line arguments can be used to specify how the main application behaves.
To configure how the file system is monitored see
XML configuration.
Command line arguments usage
FileWatcherConsole.exe [-a] [-r] [-b:x] | [-e | -l | /?]
Command line arguments
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(default value if '-a' is not specified)
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Synchronous execution of all started processes.
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-a
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Asynchronous execution of all started processes.
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-r
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Runs queued processes when application is stopping.
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-b:x
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Total process batch size is x (1-99). '-a' Must be specified. Limits amount of simultaneous
processes run by this application.
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-e
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Write example XML configuration files.
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-l
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Displays license.
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/?
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Displays usage.
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File Watcher Console example XML configuration files
The application creates three different daemon configurations in the fwatcher.xml
XML configuration file
when the '-e write example configuration files' command line argument is specified.
The example XML configuration sets the application to monitor the application root
folder for '*.txt' file changes.
List of example daemons
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Default 'notepad.exe' Daemon (monitors: *.txt)
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Starts 'notepad.exe' when file change is detected. Opens the changed '*.txt' file.
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Default 'calc.exe' Daemon (monitors: *.txt)
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Starts 'calc.exe' when file change is detected.
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Default 'mspaint.exe' Daemon (monitors: *.txt)
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Starts 'mspaint.exe' when file change is detected.
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Logging
See
Log file for more details.
File Watcher Console installation
No installation is required to use this application.