[#exec-file-created]
= Execute on file created

You can execute an action when a file is created in a directory. The argument `filename` is pre-populated for you.

[source,yaml]
.`config.yaml`
----
actions:
  - title: Print names of new files
    shell: echo {{ filename }}
    arguments:
      - name: filename
        type: unicode_identifier
      - name: filedir
        type: unicode_identifier
      - name: fileext
        type: unicode_identifier

    execOnFileCreatedInDir:
      - /home/user/Downloads/
----

include::partial$action_execution/onfileindir_arguments.adoc[]