Re: [MacPerl] How to run script when...?

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 02.18 -0400 1998.09.30, Kevin Johnson wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a script that ftps a file to a web site and I'd like to do one of
>two things:
>
>1. Have the script recognize or launch when a file it put into a shared
>folder (drop box) and automatically upload,
>-or-
>2. Launch the script at regular intervals to check the folder and see if
>there is something to ftp.
>
>Any suggestions. Thanks for your help!
>Kevin Johnson

In Mac OS 8.5 you can attach a script to a folder.  Until then, you can either:

1.  Have the script run continuously (possibly under a copy of the MacPerl
application) and check the folder.

2.  Download some version of cron for Mac OS (I used one called "Cron")
that launches aliases at specified times.

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