blodwyn wrote:Mr_Noodle wrote:blodwyn wrote:I'm seeing around a 4 minute delay before a file gets moved from my Dropbox folder to it's destination. This has been the case for the last few files I dropped or saved into it. I last edited the rules about an hour ago, so I think they should be written out. If I run the rules manually it moves straight away. This on a 1.33GHz G4 Powerbook and is not particularly a problem for me, but it sounds like it's longer than you think it should be.
For a file move into the folder, it should be on the scale of a few seconds. I have the same speed Powerbook and get that type of response.
I'd say launch Console and watch the messages when you drop a folder. You should see a message that it's processing it soon after you drop it. Also, let me know if you see any errors.
One last thing, do you have any rules preceding the rule that moves the file?
I'll watch the console as suggested. I have about 8 rules set up to move a file depending on a combination of filename and extension contents. The last 3 are generic to catch the .doc .xls and .ppt files that fall through the other rules. I haven't tested whether it makes a difference to the delay which rule triggers. I'll do a bit of characterization tomorrow and post back.
I've copied an extract from my console log below. Basically it takes several minutes for a file to be processed by one of my rules, whether it's the first or the last rule. According to the console log, Hazel only processes the directories every 5 minutes, so this seems reasonable, but not in line with the few seconds that you suggest.
2006-09-08 09:16:19.125 hazelfolderwatch[3055] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Desktop/ ")
2006-09-08 09:18:18.180 hazelfolderwatch[3057] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Documents/DropBox")
2006-09-08 09:18:18.355 hazelfolderwatch[3057] Excel Test 2.xls moved to /Users/anon/Documents/Excel/Excel Test 2.xls.
launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory
Sep 8 09:18:21 anons-PB launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory
2006-09-08 09:21:19.913 hazelfolderwatch[3061] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Desktop/ ")
2006-09-08 09:23:18.126 hazelfolderwatch[3062] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Documents/DropBox")
2006-09-08 09:23:18.233 hazelfolderwatch[3062] Hotline Roster 09-11-06.pdf moved to /Users/anon/Documents/somefolder Documents/Hotline Roster 09-11-06.pdf.
2006-09-08 09:23:18.572 hazelfolderwatch[3062] Hotline Roster 09-11-06.xls moved to /Users/anon/Documents/Operational Files/Hotline Roster 09-11-06.xls.
launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory
Sep 8 09:23:21 anons-PB launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory
2006-09-08 09:26:24.923 hazelfolderwatch[3071] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Desktop/ ")
2006-09-08 09:28:18.114 hazelfolderwatch[3074] Processing directories: ("/Users/anon/Documents/DropBox")
2006-09-08 09:28:18.334 hazelfolderwatch[3074] Quote Test.rtf moved to /Users/anon/Documents/Quotes/Quote Test.rtf.
launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory
Sep 8 09:28:21 anons-PB launchd[2329]: com.noodlesoft.Hazel.hazelfolderwatch-234881026-1169304: open("/Users/anon/Desktop/DropBox", O_EVTONLY): No such file or directory