Slightly OT - Handling external files/assets being updated out of Max, while Max is running?

Hello

If I have a max patch which reads quicktimes off of disk from a
folder, named 1.mov, 2.mov, - 10.mov etc, and I have some coll files
that are being used in to drive logic (and so on, external text files
being used for content etc), what is the safest mechanisms for
updating these assets when the max patch is active, open and running?

Is it safe to use something like Curl to download to a temp folder,
and then move the assets to the folder that max is periodically
polling? Could this cause issues? I am seeing some odd behaviour, and
I think it might be due to something like this.

What techniques are safe and proven? What sort of things should be
avoided and are known to cause issues?

I cant quite use jit.uldl, because it pauses rendering, so I think an
'external to max' solution is needed.

Id love to know techniques people use, because I get the feeling my
odd behaviour has something to do with my external asset handling.

Thanks for any tips,

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