Re: [Nolug] Monitor incoming files and...

I would most likely do it with PHP script which would be running as daemon
managed by supervisor. (i.e. PHP does not have to daemonize itself, since
supervisor is doing it)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php

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On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Friedrich Gurtler <fgurtler@gmail.com>wrote:

> Inotify-tools might be worth looking into, if you are looking for more of
> a FileSystemWatcher replacement for shell scripts.
>
>
> On Thursday, June 21, 2012, B. Estrade wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 03:07:13PM -0500, Clint Billedeaux wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:33 PM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:09:05PM -0500, Clint Billedeaux wrote:
>> > > > I've been working on a small piece of code in C# that monitors the
>> > > > filesystem for created .txt files in a specific folder. Then I
>> > > > realized...I'M INSANE. I'm writing a windows service to run on a
>> windows
>> > > > machine to watch files created on a Linux fileserver.
>> > > >
>> > > > So maybe retarded is a more accurate word than insane...Your
>> opinion will
>> > > > be properly stored => dev.null
>> > > >
>> > > > Anyway. Not as familiar with automating tasks on Linux, I'm out of
>> my
>> > > > element.
>> > > >
>> > > > Here's what I'm looking for:
>> > > >
>> > > > Whenever a .txt file is created in my folder on the Linux
>> fileserver,
>> > > Linux
>> > > > needs to catch it, and encode the file using Windows codepage-1252,
>> then
>> > > > finish saving the file.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm perfectly willing to catch the file in one directory, make the
>> > > encoding
>> > > > modification, and store it in a different directory, since I don't
>> want
>> > > the
>> > > > box getting caught up in an infinite catch/save loop.
>> > > >
>> > > > This sounds simple to me, but I couldn't get the Website Dev guys
>> to make
>> > > > the website encode the files using codepage-1252, so I won't be
>> shocked
>> > > if
>> > > > this group comes back with no answer. But I sure would love even a
>> nudge
>> > > > in the right direction.
>> > >
>> > > So this can't be part of the upload process?
>> > >
>> >
>> > Our website collects some data from our customers, and it would be
>> > fantastic if the original file was created using cp1252. Which is why I
>> > asked our website developer to make the website handle the encoding this
>> > way.
>> >
>> > They have twice said they fixed it, and it still isn't getting encoded
>> > properly.
>> >
>> > These .txt files are emailed to us and are automatically downloaded to
>> an
>> > incoming folder on the linux server by a piece of software running on a
>> > windows machine that is handling the printing and saving of work orders.
>>
>> You have to do what you have to do ;).
>>
>> In this situation, I would consider using fetchmail on the linux box to
>> pull in the
>> emails to the linux machine and use procmail to trigger some sort of
>> processing.
>>
>> http://kuther.net/howto_fetch_proc_metamail.html
>>
>> I would not monitor anything. If you really do want to monitor a
>> directory like that, I can suggest an approach. But as I said, I
>> wouldn't do anything like that.
>>
>> >
>> > While it would be nice to keep emailing our guys in India and begging
>> them
>> > to fix it until they succeed, I'm much happier to use it as a learning
>> > experience for me.
>>
>> Yeah, I bet you've learned your lesson ;)
>>
>> Brett
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > How is the upload being handled on the backend?
>> > >
>> > > Brett
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > > Clint
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