Detect changes in a directory without WinAPI - (Moved)

[adg]

Hi, i'm tring to do a script that detects the changes in a directory. I can not use WinAPI_ReadDirectoryChanges or similar because the script will not run all the time.

I was planing to read the directory tree and save it to a text file and every time the script starts it will read the file and compare with actual tree.

But i'm not sure how to do that...a little help would be apreciated. Thanks a lot!

 

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#include <File.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Local $sDirectoryPath = "Y:\gestor3"
Local $sTree = ""
Local $sFileName = ""

   Local $hFileOpen = FileOpen(@ScriptDir & "\gestor4.txt", $FO_READ)
    If $hFileOpen = -1 Then
        MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "", "An error occurred when reading the file.")
        Return False
     EndIf
    Local $sFileRead = FileRead($hFileOpen)
    FileClose($hFileOpen)

   
   ;HERE IT SHOULD TEST IF $sFileRead IS DIFFERENT TO $sTree AND ENUMERATE CHANGES
   
    $sTree = _CreateDirTree($sDirectoryPath,"\", "|", "-")
    $sFileName = @ScriptDir & "\gestor4.txt"
    FileDelete($sFileName)
    FileWrite($sFileName, $sTree)
    ConsoleWrite($sTree & @CRLF)




;Danyfirex - 18/06/2018 Thanks Danyfirex!
Func _CreateDirTree($sDirectoryPath, $sFolderBar = "\", $sTreeBar = "|", $sSeparator = "-", $iNSeparator = 3)
    Local $aFiles = _FileListToArrayRec($sDirectoryPath, "*", $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, $FLTAR_RECUR, $FLTAR_SORT)

    Local $sFilePath = ""
    Local $sAttrib = ""
    Local $sFolderName = ""
    Local $sIndentation = ""
    Local $sRelativePath = ""
    Local $sFinalTree = ""

    If $aFiles[0] Then
        Local $sNode = $aFiles[1]
        For $i = 1 To $aFiles[0]
            $sRelativePath = $aFiles[$i]
            $sFilePath = $sDirectoryPath & "\" & $sRelativePath
            $sAttrib = FileGetAttrib($sFilePath)
            If StringInStr($sAttrib, "D") Then
                $sFolderName = _GetFolderName($sFilePath)
                $sIndentation = _GenerateIndentNodes($sDirectoryPath, $sRelativePath, $sFolderBar, $sTreeBar, $sSeparator)
;~              ConsoleWrite($sIndentation & $sFolderName & @CRLF)
                $sFinalTree &= $sIndentation & $sFolderName & @CRLF
            Else
                $sFolderName = _GetFileName($sFilePath)
                $sIndentation = _GenerateIndentNodes($sDirectoryPath, $sRelativePath, $sFolderBar, $sTreeBar, $sSeparator)
;~              ConsoleWrite($sIndentation & $sFolderName & @CRLF)
                $sFinalTree &= $sIndentation & $sFolderName & @CRLF
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
    Return $sFinalTree
EndFunc   ;==>_CreateDirTree

Func _CheckFolderMore2Files($sDirectoryPath)
    Local $iRet = 0
    Local $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile($sDirectoryPath & "\" & "*.*")

    If $hSearch = -1 Then
        Return $iRet
    EndIf
    Local $sFileName = ""
    Local $iCount = 0
    While 1
        $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)
        If @error Then
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
        $iCount += 1
        If $iCount > 1 Then
            $iRet = $iCount
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    WEnd
    FileClose($hSearch)
    Return $iCount
EndFunc   ;==>_CheckFolderMore2Files

Func _GenerateIndentNodes($sDirectoryPath, $sFolderRelativePath, $sFolderBar, $sTreeBar, $sSeparator, $iNSeparator = 3)
    Local $aSplit = StringSplit($sFolderRelativePath, "\")
    If $aSplit[0] > 1 Then
        Local $sBars = ""
        Local $iFiles = ""
        Local $sFilePath = ""
        For $i = 1 To $aSplit[0] - 1
            $sFilePath = _ArrayToString($aSplit, "\", 1, $i)
            $iFiles = _CheckFolderMore2Files($sDirectoryPath & "\" & $sFilePath)

            If @error Then
                ContinueLoop
            EndIf

            If $iFiles > 1 Or $aSplit[0] - 1 = $i Then
                $sBars &= ($i = $aSplit[0] - 1) ? $sFolderBar & _StringRepeat($sSeparator, $iNSeparator) : $sTreeBar & _StringRepeat(" ", $iNSeparator)
            Else
                $sBars &= " " & _StringRepeat(" ", $iNSeparator)
            EndIf
        Next
        Return $sBars
    EndIf
    Return ""
EndFunc   ;==>_GenerateIndentNodes

Func _GetFileName($sFullPath)
    Local $aSplit = StringSplit($sFullPath, "\")
    If $aSplit[0] Then
        Return $aSplit[$aSplit[0]]
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_GetFileName

Func _GetFolderName($sFullPath)
    Local $aSplit = StringSplit($sFullPath, "\")
    If $aSplit[0] Then
        Return $aSplit[$aSplit[0]]
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_GetFolderName

 

[JLogan3o13]

Moved to the appropriate forum, as the Developer General Discussion forum very clearly states:

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[MrCreatoR]

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#include <Array.au3>
#include <File.au3>

Global $sDir = @ScriptDir & '\MyMonitorDir'
Global $sDirList_File = @ScriptDir & '\DirMon.txt'
Global $aOld_List = (FileExists($sDirList_File) ? StringSplit(StringStripCR(FileRead($sDirList_File)), @LF) : 0)

$aCompare = _DirMonitor($sDir, $aOld_List, True)

Switch @error
    Case 0
        If $aCompare[0] Then
            MsgBox(64, 'Added List', $aCompare[0])
        EndIf
        
        If $aCompare[1] Then
            MsgBox(64, 'Removed List', $aCompare[1])
        EndIf
    Case 1
        MsgBox(48, @ScriptName, 'Monitor dir not found')
        Exit
    Case -1
        MsgBox(64, @ScriptName, 'Nothing changed')
EndSwitch

$hFile = FileOpen($sDirList_File, 2)
For $i = 1 To UBound($aOld_List) - 1
    FileWrite($hFile, $aOld_List[$i] & ($i = $aOld_List[0] ? '' : @CRLF))
Next
FileClose($hFile)

Func _DirMonitor($sDir, ByRef $aOld_List, $fRecurse = False)
    If Not FileExists($sDir) Then
        Return SetError(1, 0, 0)
    EndIf
    
    Local $aList = _FileListToArrayRec($sDir, '*', $FLTAR_FILESFOLDERS, ($fRecurse ? $FLTAR_RECUR : $FLTAR_NORECUR), $FLTAR_NOSORT, $FLTAR_FULLPATH)
    
    If UBound($aOld_List) = 0 Then
        $aOld_List = $aList
        Return SetError(2, 0, 0)
    EndIf
    
    If Not IsArray($aList) Then
        Return SetError(3, 0, 0)
    EndIf
    
    Local $iFind, $sAdded = '', $sRemoved = ''
    
    For $i = 1 To $aList[0]
        $iFind = _ArraySearch($aOld_List, $aList[$i], 1)
        
        If $iFind = -1 Then
            $sAdded &= ($sAdded ? '|' : '') & $aList[$i]
        EndIf
    Next
    
    For $i = 1 To $aOld_List[0]
        $iFind = _ArraySearch($aList, $aOld_List[$i], 1)
        
        If $iFind = -1 Then
            $sRemoved &= ($sRemoved ? '|' : '') & $aOld_List[$i]
        EndIf
    Next
    
    $aOld_List = $aList
    
    If ($sAdded & $sRemoved) = '' Then
        Return SetError(-1, 0, 0)
    EndIf
    
    Local $aRet[2] = [$sAdded, $sRemoved]
    Return $aRet
EndFunc