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Setting up JNotify

I've attached the jnotify.jar file in my referenced libraries (in eclipse).

An error shows up saying:

The libraries cannot be found in "D:/Java/jre/bin"

I copied the jnotify.dll file to that location, and now file changes are being tracked only within my project directory and not anywhere else on my system. How do I set it up so that file changes can be tracked from any other directory?

String path = "C:/Users/ansuj/Desktop/testdir";  //does not fix the issue
Solution

  • Remove the dll from your Java bin. the best practice is to put it next to your jar and use 

    java -jar -Djava.library.path=. something.jar

    In Eclipse you can add -Djava.library.path=. to your JVM arguments section in the run dialog screen.