title: How to use Kafka Connect with existing and new files (watch folder)
body: <p>I would like to use Apache Kafka Connect to process files on a Linux server.</p>
  
  <p>Use case: I have a folder with 2 million XML files in subfolders. I want to push them all to Apache Kafka in order of their timestamp. Then I want to watch the folder and subfolders for new files and also push them to Kafka in order of arrival.</p>
  
  <p>Is this possible? Or do I need to split this process? Are plugins available?</p>