Is there a daemon to auto rename a file?

xmrkite · 09-16-2010, 01:35 AM

Hello, I need a daemon that can automatically rename a file for me.

I have a program I use that downloads a file a couple times a day, but it does not name it how I want it named. So I am looking for something that i can run as a daemon that will rename the downloaded file as soon as it is downloaded to my specified directory and rename it according to my needs.

Thanks for any help provided

evo2 · 09-16-2010, 01:49 AM

I think you may be approaching this in the wrong way. Can you not make the existing program simply save the file with a different name? What is this program?

Evo2.

crts · 09-16-2010, 07:33 AM

Hi,

you can use incrond to monitor your download directory
http://linux.die.net/man/8/incrond

Configure it to monitor your download directory for event
IN_CLOSE_WRITE

and then have the daemon rename it or have it call a script which will create a name as you have in mind.

xmrkite · 09-16-2010, 11:58 AM

Incron worked out perfectly.

Thanks for the quick help.

I would have modified the program to save the file correctly in the first place, but we do not have access to do that.