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| Neither SFTP nor FTP protocol have any mechanism to notify a client about changes in a remote folder. The only solution to detect changes is to periodically enumerate remote directory tree and find differences. It's easy to implement with use of ''[[library_session_enumerateremotefiles|Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles]]'' method and ''[[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849941.aspx|Compare-Object]]'' cmdlet in PowerShell or ''[[msdn>system.linq.enumerable.except|Enumerable.Except]]'' LINQ method in C#/%%VB.NET%%. | Neither SFTP nor FTP protocol have any mechanism to notify a client about changes in a remote folder. The only solution to detect changes is to periodically enumerate remote directory tree and find differences. It's easy to implement with use of ''[[library_session_enumerateremotefiles|Session.EnumerateRemoteFiles]]'' method and ''[[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849941.aspx|Compare-Object]]'' cmdlet in PowerShell or ''[[msdn>system.linq.enumerable.except|Enumerable.Except]]'' LINQ method in C#/%%VB.NET%%. | ||
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| + | //Note that, if you want to download the changes, you do not need to check for changes yourself, just run ''[[library_session_synchronizedirectories|Session.SynchronizeDirectories]]'' in a loop. Even simple [[scripting|script]] with ''[[scriptcommand_synchronize|synchronize local]]'' command will do, see the article [[faq_keep_local_up_to_date|Can I keep local directory up to date?]]// | ||
| ===== PowerShell ===== | ===== PowerShell ===== | ||