Idea of the day: On Mac OS X, there's a recently added feature (new in Tiger I think) called Folder Actions, which lets you assign an AppleScript to be whenever something in the folder changes.

Wouldn't it be cool to have the same thing in Workbench? everytime a dir contents changes, an ARexx script is run? Does anyone know of any apps that do that already?

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Sounds like it would be good for writing viruses with. How is this feature used on the Mac?

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This should be easy to do with AmigaDOS notification and a bit of glue to run the desired AmigaDOS/ARexx script.

Somebody who isn't about to go to bed could probably knock it up in less than half an hour.

Chris

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@Mobileconnect

What actual benefit does it bring to the operating system? Chris_Y (Oops it was nzv58l I should look next time) aleady pointed out a negative side which suggests to me it to be a feature I'd rather do without.

Last edited by Rob on 23-Aug-2006 at 09:45 PM.

Erm, no. If you think this could make viruses, then you've not understood at all.

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Erm, no. If you think this could make viruses, then you've not understood at all.

but you can write an AppleScript which acts like an virus (eg. delete the new file)

I don't see any benefits of those mechanism...

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@cHaOs667

Yes, or imagine you did such script and ... 2 years later you don't remember it (of course) so you wonder what happens to the file you copy in this folder.
This can be a nightmare

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Hehe, it would be very interresting to know an useful situation for such an feature...

edit2: Holy Crap! Apple has an 'automated backup' script for Folder Actions... *rofl*

delete the file -> delete the backup file
edit the file -> edit the backup file *rofl*

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@cHaOs667

you can have it autogenerate an html file for your folder if you run a server.
you can have it notify you that a file has been added/removed/changed
you can set it to backup to lha on change
in the env-arc you can set it to backup settings to an compressed or encrypted file
you can set it to add default icons to all files that one don't exist.

you are only limited by your imagination

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you can have it autogenerate an html file for your folder if you run a server.

This is one thing which heavily depends on the speed with which folder actions acts. I would say that PHP is every time faster than folder actions with apple script...
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you can have it notify you that a file has been added/removed/changed

Yeah great. I change/save an Document in that folder and got an message that there has been added/changed an file... great
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you can set it to backup to lha on change

That is an very stupid scenario. As example: You had an Image file and you edit it with the gimp. After you had changed the image 10-20 times you think that the original image would be the best and that youre lucky that you had an backup of that image.... great, an 10-20 times changed backup
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in the env-arc you can set it to backup settings to an compressed or encrypted file

For what? To store my password? In this case for what i should have an password if it is somewhere readable...
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you can set it to add default icons to all files that one don't exist.

For this i don't need Folder Actions. AmigaOS is doing this automaticaly...
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you are only limited by your imagination

maybe folder action can cure cancer

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@cHaOs667

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Yeah great. I change/save an Document in that folder and got an message that there has been added/changed an file... great

you say that now but if someone created a virus changing random files to 0 bytes and you have this running you might have a chance to stop it.

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That is an very stupid scenario. As example: You had an Image file and you edit it with the gimp. After you had changed the image 10-20 times you think that the original image would be the best and that youre lucky that you had an backup of that image.... great, an 10-20 times changed backup

who says it has to be handled like that? suppose you linked it to a backup folder. then you drag&drop to back it up. or a better idea don't save gimp pics to that folder until you are finished.

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For this i don't need Folder Actions. AmigaOS is doing this automaticaly...

so amiga os has started linking actual info files for modification and not just default icons that are non editable/non snapshottable.

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For what? To store my password? In this case for what i should have an password if it is somewhere readable...

for compression not security tho if you burn it to cd nobody can open it without your password.

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by elwood on 24-Aug-2006 7:44:45 @cHaOs667 Yes, or imagine you did such script and ... 2 years later you don't remember it (of course) so you wonder what happens to the file you copy in this folder. This can be a nightmare

It highlights potential risks of data loss without proper backups. A backup strategy is essential for preserving important files over time.