A Java application that monitors folders (local or network shares) for updates and generates feeds which can then be served by a web server or can be simply picked up from a shared folder by an aggregator.
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BUG - Fix for ticket #10 - An error indicating no properties files were found is seen and no feed generated when running without command line parameters Also includes the changelog for 0.2.23: NEW: Ticket #9 - It should be possible to specify feeds to be ignored as a command line argument (using -ignore=) NEW: Command line parameter -help to print usage ENH: Ticket #7 - Feed item description should have links to parent folder and monitored folder ENH: Ticket #8 - It should be possible to specify more than one feed with the -feed= command line parameter ENH: Added check for 0 ms as TTI, in which case, the thread will not sleep at all while walking the tree. CHG: Changed command line argument parsing logic BUG: Ticket #1 - If a drive root is specified as the location to monitor, the feed is empty
Release [v0.2.23] had a critical bug that caused the app to ignore any properties files when used without command line parameters. Release [v0.2.24] fixes that issue. Release [v0.2.23] has been pulled.
NEW: Ticket #9 - It should be possible to specify feeds to be ignored as a command line argument (using -ignore=) NEW: Command line parameter -help to print usage ENH: Ticket #7 - Feed item description should have links to parent folder and monitored folder ENH: Ticket #8 - It should be possible to specify more than one feed with the -feed= command line parameter ENH: Added check for 0 ms as TTI, in which case, the thread will not sleep at all while walking the tree. CHG: Changed command line argument parsing logic BUG: Ticket #1 - If a drive root is specified as the location to monitor, the feed is empty
The Trac hosted app has been activated (http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/folder2feed/); primarily to serve as the bug tracker for the project. The wiki still needs to be edited. Log bugs/ feature requests at http://apps.sourceforge.net/trac/folder2feed/newticket
First release of Folder2Feed (version 0.1 revision 12). Please read the README.txt included in the release for information on how to use. Supports the following via CLI: 1. Creates feed XMLs from a specified location 2. Supports network shares that are not password protected, on Windows only (using the \\<server-name> convention) 3.Configurable options (using the feed properties file): - Location to be monitored - Output location of the feed XML - Feed title, description and link - Feed categories - Feed type (as supported by ROME; should be one of: rss_0.90, rss_0.91, rss_0.92, rss_0.93, rss_0.94 rss_1.0 rss_2.0 or atom_0.3) - Inclusion/exclusion of files or folders or both in feed - Inclusion/exclusion of monitored location subfolders - Inclusion/exclusion of hidden files/folders - Inclusion of certain file extensions only - Max number of items in feed - Update interval
First release. Supports the following: 1. Creates feed XMLs from a specified location 2. Supports network shares that are not password protected, on Windows only (using the \\<server-name> convention) 3.Configurable options (using the feed properties file): - Location to be monitored - Output location of the feed XML - Feed title, description and link - Feed categories - Feed type (as supported by ROME; should be one of: rss_0.90, rss_0.91, rss_0.92, rss_0.93, rss_0.94 rss_1.0 rss_2.0 or atom_0.3) - Inclusion/exclusion of files or folders or both in feed - Inclusion/exclusion of monitored location subfolders - Inclusion/exclusion of hidden files/folders - Inclusion of certain file extensions only - Max number of items in feed - Update interval
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