Re: Tasker profile not being triggered from event external to android

[Pent]

> Just got a nexus 7, and I am trying to make it so that if a file is altered
> on the device it would alert me. I have a script running on a linux machine
> which scp's an updated file to the nexus 7 but the tasker profile never
> triggers. It does trigger if I alert the file on the nexus 7 itself, just
> not if an updated file is scp'd.

By 'alert the file' you mean 'alter the file' ?

What are you using to detect 'file altered' ?

Pent

[Dan P]

Sorry yes I meant alter the file and I was using the file modified event. I even tried file delete without success.

Thanks

Dan

On Tuesday, 24 July 2012 08:34:26 UTC+1, Pent wrote:
> > Just got a nexus 7, and I am trying to make it so that if a file is altered
> > on the device it would alert me. I have a script running on a linux machine
> > which scp's an updated file to the nexus 7 but the tasker profile never
> > triggers. It does trigger if I alert the file on the nexus 7 itself, just
> > not if an updated file is scp'd.
>
> By 'alert the file' you mean 'alter the file' ?
>
> What are you using to detect 'file altered' ?
>
> Pent

[Pent]

> Sorry yes I meant alter the file and I was using the file modified event. I even tried file delete without success.

Are you sure the scp is writing the correct file ? (you've checked
manually that the expected new contents are there?).

If so, and it responds correctly to manual changes, then it looks like
an OS failure.

Pent

[Dan P]

Yeah it is writing the new file, I manually copied the file over, tried remotely deleting it, all kinds of things and it would only trigger if I deleted or modified the file (depending on the event) on the device itself.

Thanks a lot

Dan
 

[Cptnodegard]

Try Notify My Android or Pushover. Both are apps that let external stuff send notifications to your device. You can then use the Event/Notification context