Introduction to File Juggler

Rules

A Rule is a set of if-then instructions that you create to specify how File Juggler should process your files.

Creating rules

Monitor folders

When a file has been created or changed, File Juggler will examine if it matches the conditions you have set up in the rule.

Monitor folders

Conditions

Conditions are used to specify which files a rule should process.

Conditions

Actions

If the file matches your conditions File Juggler will perform the actions you have specified in the rule.

Actions

Variables

Variables are pieces of information that is read from files. These can be examined in conditions and used in actions.

Variables

File Juggler will not to process the same file twice, unless it has changed. If you need to process the same file again, you can open the rule and mark the file as pending. This can be relevant when testing your rule.

File Juggler is notified of changes to folders by Windows, and does not scan your folders at regular intervals, with the following exceptions:

• Whenever a rule starts or File Juggler starts, it will perform a full scan to catch up on changes that might have happened while it wasn't running.
• File Juggler will not receive notifications of changes on network locations, instead it will perform full scans a regular intervals.
• In some cases many rapid changes to a folder can cause a complete rescan.

Rules are not guaranteed to execute in any particular order. A rule might encounter a problem (fx. a write-locked file or a lost network connection) and give up on executing, or it will wait and try to execute again later. In this case other rules will continue their execution.