Line Reader & File Content Changed => not enabling execution of node

[mlauber71]

@robert_m_muench there is this component by @gab1one that might help:

Need node to watch directory to start automated process! Please Help!

Hi @jwfott, Thank you for your interest in this component, I created an updated version using the new filehandling nodes and made a little video for you that should show you how to use this: [Peek 2021-02-22 11-41] You can find the updated component here: best, Gabriel

I tried my hand at a workflow that would check if a file has changed and then do somthing:

Start a Workflow, e. g. a database query, after a certain time

@USCHUKN1ME I tried to build a system you might be able to expand and use. The idea is to have a workflow that would iterate a number of times (v_number_of_intervals) with a set interval (of seconds) between (v_seconds_interval) them. The workflow looks for a trigger_file.csv if this file has changed from the last time the loop has run a component would be executed. If the file has not changed nothing would happen. Admittedly not the most elegant way but you could build a small automatic execu…