= Windows File System Observer =

The WindowsFileSystemObserver project is an open-source project providing file system observations (currently only for Windows OS).
It observes the following file/folder operations: create, delete, move, and rename files/folders.

This project uses [http://www.teamdev.com/jniwrapper/ JNIWrapper], a commercial product.
DFKI has got a developer license; the WindowsFileSystemObserver project is shipped with a free runtime license.

== Getting the code ==

Check out the project from this SVN repository:
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https://usercontext.opendfki.de/repos/trunk/WindowsFileSystemObserver
}}}

== Starting ==

You have 3 alternative ways of starting the file system observer:
 * Start this batch file: [source:trunk/WindowsFileSystemObserver/Launch_WindowsFileSystemObserver.bat Launch_WindowsFileSystemObserver.bat]
 * Start this main class as Java application (from inside eclipse): [source:trunk/WindowsFileSystemObserver/src/observer/de/dfki/km/filesysobservation/standalone/StandaloneWindowsFileSystemObservation.java StandaloneWindowsFileSystemObservation]
 * Use this launch configuration (from inside eclipse): [source:trunk/WindowsFileSystemObserver/WindowsFileSysObservation.launch WindowsFileSysObservation.launch]

== Configuring ==

Wenn first starting the file observer it opens up the config dialog which allows to add the file folders to observe.
You can use the [Add] button to add file folders to observe (subfolders are also observed).
After having added some file folders the dialog will look like this:

[[Image(filesysobserver-config.png)]]

The file system observer provides an MBean interface you can access via the Java console ({{{jconsole}}}):

[[Image(filesysobserver-jconsole.png)]]

So, if you close the config dialog once, you can open it up again by using the {{{jconsole}}} and invoke the [{{{configure}}}] method.
Alternatively, you can also invoke [{{{addFolderToObserve}}}].