run a CLI command on a folder once dl finishes

Hi all

im trying to figure our how to run a CLI command on a folder full of files but wait until all the files in that folder are done downloading.

What happens currently is that i have an action that has an embedded bash script, but each time 1 file finishes dowloading in the folder it launches the script..

any way to use hazel to identify when there are no files downloading and only then launch the script?

thx so much

Z

How would Hazel know that there are no more files downloading? What program is downloading the files?

hi and thx for the response!

well the download program can vary between brave, safari or qbitorrent etc so sadly not always same app

i see what your saying RE hazel, was wondering if there was a way (maybe bash or AppleScript) to query a folder and see if nothing new has been written in last X minutes...by i really am not to technical so that maybe impossible

thx again

Z

You can check the modification date on a folder. That folder would need to be inside the monitored folder for that to work (rules work on items in side a folder, not the folder itself).

Mr_Noodle wrote:You can check the modification date on a folder. That folder would need to be inside the monitored folder for that to work (rules work on items in side a folder, not the folder itself).

thx appricate this alot!

any chance you can show an example for this? is that a new action or a condition in the action? and aslo i see only date, can i choose a time, ie not modified on the last 4 hours?

thx so much

Z

Dates all include a time component as well.