Top 6 Watchdirectory Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Monitor directory and start any command when its contents change. Easy to use and automate.

1. iWatch

iWatch iWatch is a realtime filesystem monitoring program. Its purpose is to monitor any changes in a specific directory or file and send email notification immediately after the change. This can be very useful to watch a sensible file or directory against any changes, like files /etc/passwd,/etc/shadow or directory /bin or......

2. Log Monitor

Log Monitor Log Monitor is a files and directories monitoring tool. The program periodically checks selected file's modification time and executes external program if file's time was changed or not changed. For directories it handles such events as files change, addition or removal.Features:- Several files can be monitored simultaneously, each file has......

3. AcroTeX PDF Print Monitor

AcroTeX PDF Print Monitor An application that prints any PDF file it finds in its input (or watched) folder. You select a folder to be a watched folder (an input folder), after the AcroTeX PDF Print Monitor begins watching the folder, if drop a PDF file into this folder, the AcroTeX PDF Print Monitor......

4. Specto

Specto Specto is a desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an image, etc), and notify you when there is activity......

5. iTunes Folder Watch

iTunes Folder Watch Are you frustrated that iTunes does not automatically detect new multimedia files in certain nominated folders and add them to its library automatically? iTunes Folder Watch to the rescue. iTFW allows you to set up Watch Folders and to quickly evaluate whether there are any new iTunes-compatible files in any......

6. iTunes Library Updater

iTunes Library Updater As iTunes doesn’t provide a function to update / synchronize your music collection with it’s own database, I’ve written a small utility for that purpose. Well, you may use ‘Consolidate Library’ of iTunes, but this is a typical Mac’ish behaviour letting one application control almost your whole life. I don’t......