[PLUG] shell newbie has question

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

At least I think it's the shell.

What I want to do is create a "magic" directory, such that when a
document gets put into it, that document is processed in a certain way
by an application.

It sounds to me like what I want is a "listener" that lives in the
background, detects when a "new" file (or alias to a file) is added to
the directory, sends the file (or aliased file) off to the processor,
and then marks the file or alias in such a way that it is no longer
percieved as new.

Is there a name for what I want to do, and can someone point me to some
sample code that shows how to do it? (The kind of code where, since I
am a newbie, there's little danger of erasing my hard disk or some
such...)

Many thanks!

S.


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