You could schedule (cron) a script that checks for abcd.efg and if it is there, do something. Andrew Cotter Manager of Information Systems Somerset Capital Group, Ltd. P: 203.336.7827 Andrew.Cotter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.SomersetCapital.com -----Original Message----- From: "Frank M. Ramaekers" <FRamaekers@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:03:04 To:"CentOS mailing list" <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Event scheduling Okay, I know about 'cron' and 'at', but how do you schedule jobs (scripts) based on events. For instance: Run script xyz when file abcd.efg arrives via ftp? TIA, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer; MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Company Phone: (254) 761-6649 Fax: (254) 741-5777 _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos