When a Directory Watch Trigger is configured to watch for just CREATE events, when will it send a message to trigger any actions connected to it?

• A. As soon as a file is added to the directory being monitored.
• B. When a user clicks the Trigger button
• C. After the next poll interval after the file has been added
• D. When a file in the directory has been modified

Answer: (C)

The message is sent based on a polling interval. When you configure the Directory Watch Trigger to monitor only CREATE events, it doesn’t fire the trigger immediately when a file appears. Instead, it checks the directory contents at each poll and detects any new files since the last check. So the trigger fires after the next poll interval following the file’s addition.

If a file is added just after a poll, you’ll wait up to the full poll interval; if it’s added just before a poll, it will trigger at that poll moment. This is why the correct choice is that it activates after the next poll interval after the file has been added. It won’t trigger on modification, and it doesn’t require a manual button press.