hot folders or watch folders with image magick

[soyeb]

Hi All,

I would like to know how to set hot-folders with image magick so whatever i put in an input folder automates in an output folder. I would also like to know if it is possible to output to different folders and/or sub input folders.

So images are to be cropped, re-sized and some to be .svg and some as .jpg

if the output folder directory was like this output>svg>jpg

so jpg's in jpgs and svg's in svg

is that possible??

[fmw42]

Imagemagick does not control folders. That is the property of your OS. Imagemagick simply converts images from one directory to another as desired, but only where and when you tell it to do that. The when you do it is controlled by your OS and scripting language.

[soyeb]

oh okay, is there a way then to get image magick to work with scripting or the os in order to use image magick with hot folders??

thanks

[Bonzo]

oh okay, is there a way then to get image magick to work with scripting or the os in order to use image magick with hot folders??

Yes you can use batch or bash scripts.