Thank you for the suggestions. So after looking over the ASIO extension, I have basically this implemented in my project and though I see a change when I add a file to the directory being monitored, I see no futher changes. I'm trying to monitor a directory and when a file is added, I will then make mods to it and move it elsewhere. I'm new to boost, and my understanding is that this is being executed within a thread, and it acts like its blocking. Any help much appreciated. void create_file_handler(const boost::system:error_code &ec, const boost::asio::dir_monitor_event &ev) { cout << "file name: " << ev.filename << endl; cout << " type : " << ev.type << endl; // now edit file ... } // from main() boost::thread t; { boost::asio::io_service io_service; boost::asio::dir_monitor dm(io_service); dm.add_directory("C:\\Users\\SRD\\DirA"); boost::asio::dir_monitor_event ev = dm.monitor(); dm.async_monitor(create_file_handler); t = boost::thread(boost::bind(&boost::asio::io_service::run, boost::refio_service))); boost::system_time time = boost::get_system_time(); time += boost::posix_time::time_duration(0, 0, 1); boost::thread::sleep(time); } t.join(); io_service.reset(); // now do app stuff .. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Boris Schaeling wrote:

On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:19:51 +0200, SRD > wrote:

I'm looking for a way to get notified as soon as a new file has been

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created. So I was wondering if boost has a way of monitoring files so I can send them off as soon as I receive them. This would have to work for Linux and windows. I saw a few posts which seem to indicate that its not there yet, but that was some time ago.

If you click on http://en.highscore.de/cpp/**boost/asio.htmlhttp://en.highscore.de/cpp/boost/asio.htmland scroll down to the very end, you find a directory monitor. It's a Boost.Asio I/O service object I once created. I don't remember whether it does out of the box what you need. But then feel free to adapt it. :)

HTH, Boris

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