From: Matthew Moss <matt@...>
Date: 2008-12-11T23:26:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Folder actions


On Dec 11, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Luc Heinrich wrote:

> On 11 déc. 08, at 01:20, Einar Magnús Boson wrote:
>
>> I need to have a script run every time a file is added to a folder  
>> on OS X, I have found out that this can be done with applescript  
>> but I can't for the life of me figure out how to write anything  
>> that works in that language.
>
> What you want is launchd. Googling for 'launchd WatchPaths' will  
> give you a bunch of tutorials and more about launching whatever you  
> want on folder modifications. A bit more hardcore, but infinitely  
> more flexible. And it's not AppleScript ;)

Very cool, I like.
Yes, much better than my AppleScript hack.