===== Folder Monitor =====
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==== Purpose ====

This processor is used at the start of a workflow to watch for new files in a Local or UNC Path.

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==== Limits ====

The settings "Forget missing" and/or "Growing Check continuous" raises the RAM and CPU usage of this processor in case your Watchfolders contain many (e.g. thousands) "already processed" files.\\
To work around the extra time/CPU load for "Forget missing" in case of huge watchfolders, use a commandline processor with this content: //%comspec% /c "if exist "%s_cache_record%" del /f /q  "%s_cache_record%""// \\
Without any of those 2 settings, the Processor was tested for 
  * 500.000 Files in a complex subfolder structure
  * it took about 16 minutes to pick up new files

**NOTE** : All variables can't be used inside this processor, you can only use:\\
  - Static Variable
  - Time Variable
  - Windows Variable.
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Potentially the processor can do more than the tested amount of Files but consider that it will take a long time to pick up new files.

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==== Original Manual ====


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