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--- sift:directory_watchers [2025/02/06 16:40] – sgranger
+++ sift:directory_watchers [2025/02/06 16:49] (current) – sgranger
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 Watchers are stored as a XML file within you PCs AppData folder, it is possible to create, remove, and edit these files directly as long as the formatting is maintained. This can even be done through external scripting tools allowing you to even automate the process of creating and editing watchers.
-"C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\HAS-Motion, Inc\Sift\watchers"
+"C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\HAS-Motion, Inc\Sift\watchers" \\
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+{{sift_watcher_xml.png}} \\
-the AppData folder is hidden by default on most windows systems and can be found file explorer can be set to show hidden files by acessing view on the top toolbar and selecting show -> hidden items
+the AppData folder is hidden by default on most windows systems file explorer can be set to show hidden files by accessing **View** on the top toolbar and selecting **Show -> Hidden items** \\
+{{windows_hidden_items.png}} \\
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 ===== Creating, Editing, and Deleting Watchers =====
-In addition to interacting with the files directly Watchers controlled through the following commands on the Sift command line:
+In addition to interacting with the files directly, Watchers can be controlled through the following commands on the Sift command line:
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 This command will list all watchers and their parameters
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 once sift is running in the background you can interact with it via the system tray icon
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+{{sift_tray.png}} \\
 from here you can \\
   * **Open GUI** - this will open a standard instance of sift with a GUI
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   * **Disable Start in Tray** - If you have sift set to launch in the background by default, this will disable it
   * **Watchers** - if you have any active watchers they will be found here, within this list you can enable or disable individual watchers or enable or disable all watchers
+{{sift_tray_watchers.png}} \\
 when a watcher is triggered all v3d pipelines will be run in the background, however all .bat scripts will open a command line interface, if you are running sift commands a command line instance of sift will open, this will not work if you already have sift open on the console, or if a script is triggered while another is still be processed.
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-Windows BATCH scripting is a powerful tool and much more logic can be put into them, see the [[sift:tutorials:command_line|Batch Processing Tutorial]] For a slightly more complex example, for a step by step guide on creating and using Directory Watchers set the [[sift:tutorials:using_directory_watchers|Using Directory Watchers Tutorial]]
+Windows BATCH scripting is a powerful tool and much more logic can be put into them, see the [[sift:tutorials:command_line|Batch Processing Tutorial]] For a slightly more complex example, for a step by step guide on creating and using Directory Watchers see the [[sift:tutorials:using_directory_watchers|Using Directory Watchers Tutorial]]