watchDirectory

Someone on our forum asked whether watchDirectory can create an HTML page with the latest files created inside the monitored directory. Below you will find an example script you can use with the run .bat files plugin. Make sure you only select the FILENEW event when you configure the task.

The latestfiles.bat script

The example script uses a program called sqlite3.exe, which is part of the excellent SQLite database engine used by watchDirectory. The sqlite3 program is included in the download at the bottom of this page.
The script selects the 10 most recent files and combines them with a header.txt and footer.txt file to create the final topten.html file.

rem path to sqlite3.exe (no "quotes")
SET SQL=C:\latestfiles\sqlite3.exe

rem where is the header html
SET HEADER=C:\latestfiles\Header.txt

rem where is the footer html
SET FOOTER=C:\latestfiles\Footer.txt

rem where should the final html file be created?
SET FINAL=C:\latestfiles\topten.HTML

rem max number of files to show in html
SET LIMIT=10

rem ===============================================
rem ==== no need to change anything below here ====
rem ===============================================

SET TFBASE=%WD_TASKDIR%\F1%WD_CUREVT%

rem create the query, ".mode html" causes the output to be written in html table format
ECHO .mode html > "%TFBASE%.SQL"
ECHO select dtevent, filename from wdevents order by dtevent desc LIMIT %LIMIT%; >> "%TFBASE%.SQL"

rem and start the query
type "%TFBASE%.SQL" | "%SQL%" "%WD_TASKDIR%\history.db" > "%TFBASE%NF.BODY"
del "%TFBASE%.SQL"

rem recreate the html file
COPY "%HEADER%" + "%TFBASE%NF.BODY" + "%FOOTER%" "%FINAL%"

Download the Latest Files example. Unzip all files into a new directory. C:\latestfiles would be easiest as the example script is configured to use that directory.