Question

Does the folder action for when a folder item is changed not exist? I want my script to run when and if I update a file. I don’t see any reference to it in the documentation. Is there some sort of alternative I am missing because this seams pretty crazy to not have.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_files
    do shell script "anything"
end adding folder items to

on removing folder items from this_folder after losing removed_files
    do shell script "anything"
end removing folder items from

-- does not exits?!?
on changing folder items in this_folder after updating changed_files
    do shell script "anything"
end changing folder items in

Answer 1

Nope, doesn’t exist directly. However, something similar could be accomplished with an idle handler that watches the files in the folder to see if their modification date has changed and perform an action on files where that’s true.