diff --git a/bin/telegramWhenReady.js b/bin/telegramWhenReady.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+process.env.NTBA_FIX_319 = 1;
+const { Command } = require('commander');
+const Tgfancy = require("tgfancy");
+const { exec } = require("child_process");
+const sleep = require('sleep');
+const program = new Command();
+
+program
+    .arguments('<path-of-folder>')
+    .description( 'Sends telegram message when there are no modifications to <path-of-folder> since a certain time interval.')
+    .option('-d, --debug', 'output extra debugging')
+    .option('-s, --seconds <int>', 'notify if no changes since n seconds', 120)
+    .option('-p, --poll-interval <int>', 'interval in seconds between polls', 30)
+    .parse(process.argv);
+
+const options = program.opts();
+if (options.debug) console.log(options);
+
+function timeString() {
+    return "[" + (new Date()).toISOString() + "]"
+}
+
+function waitUntilIdle(filePath, seconds = options.seconds, pollInterval = options.pollInterval, cb = sendTelegramMessage) {
+    exec(`find ${filePath} -maxdepth 1 -newermt '-${seconds} seconds'`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+        if (error) {
+            const message = `error: ${error.message}`
+            console.log(message);
+            cb(message);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (stderr) {
+            const message = `stderr: ${stderr}`
+            console.log(message);
+            cb(message);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (stdout.length == 0) {
+            const message = `No modifications in ${filePath} since ${seconds} seconds`
+            console.log(`${timeString()}: ${message}`)
+            cb(message);
+        } else {
+            var message = `${timeString()}: still processing ${stdout.trim()}`;
+            console.log(message);
+            sleep.sleep(pollInterval);
+            waitUntilIdle(filePath, seconds, pollInterval, cb)
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+function sendTelegramMessage(message, bot = new Tgfancy(process.env.TELEGRAM_TOKEN), chatId = process.env.TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID) {
+    bot.sendMessage(chatId, message);
+}
+
+waitUntilIdle(program.args[0]);