Automatically execute code on last folder with files

Hi,

How can I force my code or any code to execute automatically when a new folder with data has been created and automatically select this new folder with data to be analyzed.

At the moment I collect a bunch of excel files that I store in a folder. In order to analyze the data collected I run the MATLAB code and select the folder that contains all excel files. When I collect data again, I create a new folder where I store all excel files. For analyzing the data I run the MATLAB code again where I select the new folder created.

How can I somehow force MATLAB to automatically wait for a new folder and if there is a new folder with data, MATLAB should execute automatically and analzye the data in the folder.

Does something like this exist?

Thanks.

Answer 1

[chrisw23]

fsWatcher = System.IO.FileSystemWatcher()

% see events provided by

details(fsWatcher)

% register for event Changed Created or Deleted

liFsWatcher = addlistener(fsWatcher,"Created",@fsWatcher_Callback)

% use other .net Objects like DirectoryInfo to analyze or start processing

dInfo = System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\Temp")

...

fInfo = System.IO.FileInfo("C:\Temp\myFile.xyz")

function fsWatcher_Callback(src,evnt)

evnt % created event

...

end

If you are working under Windows, .net Framework provides a lot of functionality you could use.