The File Change trigger watches a specific file or directory in the host file system or the Drive for changes. As soon as a change is made, the task is executed. Every subdirectory and every file within a specified directory will be watched. The following options are available:

• Type: this can be File or Folder
• Path: the actual path to watch, depending on the Type

Changes of a watched path are detected as followed: if a change (edit, create, remove) occurs, the event will be detected. If there has been no additional event within the next five seconds, the trigger will start and the jobs will be executed.

Note: The trigger requires the user to have the Server Administration permission set to allow watching for changes in the server's file system.

Note: The trigger requires the user to have the Drive permission set to allow watching for changes in the Drive.

• Watching a directory with many subdirectories and many files may imply a huge performance hit and should be avoided.
• Only files and directories that have access and list permissions to the user which the service is running with can be watched.
• Watching links or directories that contain links is not supported and may lead to unpredictable behavior.