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<!DOCTYPE HTML> | |
<html> | |
<head> | |
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"> | |
<title>Watch for a file change</title> | |
<style type='text/css'> | |
body { | |
font-family: sans-serif; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js" ></script> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<input type='file' id='filename'> | |
<input type='button' id='btnStart' value='Start'> | |
<script type='text/javascript'> | |
(function() { | |
var input; | |
var lastMod; | |
//start checking for file changes. If the file you added changes in size and is saved then this | |
//script will detect this and in my case click next on a button to page forward on a web site | |
document.getElementById('btnStart').onclick = function() { | |
startWatching(); | |
}; | |
function startWatching() { | |
var file; | |
if (typeof window.FileReader !== 'function') { | |
display("The file API isn't supported on this browser yet."); | |
return; | |
} | |
//Input check | |
input = document.getElementById('filename'); | |
if (!input) { | |
display("Um, couldn't find the filename element."); | |
} | |
//check if browser supports files .. firefox has some problems with this script somewhere, maybe this | |
else if (!input.files) { | |
display("This browser doesn't seem to support the `files` property of file inputs."); | |
} | |
//if a file has not been added yet | |
else if (!input.files[0]) { | |
display("Please select a file before clicking 'Show Size'"); | |
} | |
else { | |
file = input.files[0]; | |
lastMod = file.lastModifiedDate; | |
display("Last modified date: " + lastMod); | |
display("Change the file"); | |
setInterval(tick, 250); | |
} | |
} | |
function tick() { | |
var file = input.files && input.files[0]; | |
if (file && lastMod && file.lastModifiedDate.getTime() !== lastMod.getTime()) { | |
lastMod = file.lastModifiedDate; | |
display("File changed: " + lastMod); | |
} | |
} | |
function display(msg) { | |
var p = document.createElement('p'); | |
p.innerHTML = msg; | |
document.body.appendChild(p); | |
$(".navNext").click(); | |
console.log("next was clicked"); | |
} | |
})(); | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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I used this to page onto the next image on imgur while writing code. Each time you save the file the script hits the next image button. A fun way to pass the time when writing code. Some problems with firefox.
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/file/dndfiles/