File Monitor

Rattail File Monitor is a Windows service which can watch some folder(s) and when new files appear, take action(s) on them.

It is the only “officially” supported Rattail software to run on the Windows platform.

Contents:

• Overview
• Configuration
  • Overview
  • Basic, aka. “Starter Kit”
    • Config Folder
    • Log Folder
    • Testing Folders
    • Config File: rattail.conf
    • Config File: filemon.conf
    • Testing the Setup
  • Other Approaches
    • Leveraging Site-Wide Config
• Registering the Service
  • Unregistering the Service
• Starting the Service
  • Stopping the Service
  • Troubleshooting
    • Error 5: Access is denied