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1. Automatically compile any Java class when the file is dropped in a directory    stackoverflow.com

I look at a lot of small Java programs. It would be convenient if I could set up a directory (or directory structure) on my Mac where any time I add ...

2. Java monitor file system when java is not running    stackoverflow.com

I recently implemented Java 7's WatchService and it works perfectly. Now I wondered if there is a way to get all the Events which occured since the last run of my ...

3. FileSystemWatcher: Ignore temporary and ghost files created    stackoverflow.com

I have implemented a watcher service in java which monitors folders for changes. Whenever a word file gets created,modified or deleted, it creates a lot of temporary files and ghost files. ...

4. FileSystemWatcher in Java - Deleting a directory being watched    stackoverflow.com

I have implemented a file system watcher. Whenever I try to delete watched directory, it generates ENTRY_MODIFY events for all the files or sub directories inside that directory. Is there any ...

5. fileSystemWatcher    coderanch.com

Does anyone know if there is a java Class that can trigger an event handler in response to a filesystem event such as when a file is added, changed, or deleted? The dotNet C++ language ( forgive my filthy mouth) has a class called fileSystemWatcher which does just that. It would be nice to not have to poll the filesystem in ...