Defining file dependencies to check for file changes

You can use the filewatch utility to check for file system changes of files and directories, for example when you want to make sure that a file exists before running a job that processes that file. By defining a job that runs the filewatch utility, you can implement file dependency, that is a relationship between a file and an operation in which specific activity on the file determines the starting of the operation.

Only a Tivoli® Workload Scheduler agent version 8.5 or later can run filewatch. Do not run it as stand-alone utility.