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How to monitor folder for newest files?

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Hello,

I need to monitor folder for newest MP3 files, there are some other files in a folder which shall not be taken into consideration. I need alert if newest MP3 is older then 24 hours. I assume I can not use Folder Sensor since it does not allow for wildcards. Is it possible to do with PRTG?

file-age file-monitoring folder-sensor

Created on Oct 6, 2014 4:49:31 PM



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Hi,

This would be possible with Custom Sensor PTF.NetworkFileCount

This Custom Sensor returns the number of files available on a server\share. As your PRTG server runs under the local system account it can't access files on a
server\share. This sensor uses the given username and password of a valid user account that can access the files and returns the number of files.

Parameters:

 -f=	 The name of the folder that needs to be checked in a \\server\share format. 
 	 If the foldername contains white spaces, enter the foldername between " ". 
 -u=	 Optional the name of the user account that can access the share. 
 -p=	 Optional the password or passhash(*) of the user account that can access the share. 
 -t=	 Optional the minimum number of minutes a file has to be old before it is counted. 
 -s=	 Optional the search pattern to be used (i.e. *.txt). 
 -sub	 Optional switch to include subfolders. 
 -tiw	 Optional, in combination with the -t= parameter, creates a time window between the current time and xx minutes ago. 
 	 Only files created in that period are counted.

The sensor can be downloaded from http://prtgtoolsfamily.com/?page=downloads_sensors

Created on Oct 7, 2014 10:05:28 AM



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Thanks. It does not appear to be working properly or I misunderstand -t parameter. I run EXE with following parameters to calculate number of files which was created at most 1 day ago and it's showing that no files are there, even though there is bunch of files which were created less then 24 hours ago.

C:\Program Files\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXE>NetworkFileCount.exe -f


zyxel\surveilance\video\BigRoom -s=*.mp4 -t=1440

8.0.2.1 0:No files found

C:\Program Files\PRTG Network Monitor\Custom Sensors\EXE>dir
zyxel\surveilance \video\BigRoom\*.mp4 Volume in drive
zyxel\surveilance is surveilance Volume Serial Number is A456-0B9F

Directory of
zyxel\surveilance\video\BigRoom

10/07/2014 08:27 AM 150,159 2_2014-10-07_08-26-12.mp4 10/07/2014 08:43 AM 142,567 2_2014-10-07_08-42-42.mp4 10/07/2014 08:25 AM 293,870 2_2014-10-07_08-24-47.mp4 10/07/2014 08:26 AM 367,750 2_2014-10-07_08-25-37.mp4 10/07/2014 08:26 AM 184,455 2_2014-10-07_08-25-21.mp4 10/07/2014 08:27 AM 204,358 2_2014-10-07_08-26-00.mp4 10/07/2014 08:33 AM 347,789 2_2014-10-07_08-32-32.mp4 10/07/2014 08:33 AM 501,147 2_2014-10-07_08-32-11.mp4 8 File(s) 2,192,095 bytes 0 Dir(s) 827,755,368,448 bytes free

Created on Oct 7, 2014 1:53:38 PM



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Using -t=1440 should count files that are at least 1440 minutes old.

Using -t=1440 in combination with the -tiw switch should count files that are created between now and 1440 minutes ago.

If you run into any further problems, please let me know at [email protected]

Created on Oct 7, 2014 2:03:24 PM



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Is it possible to put sensor in Down state if value of result is say less then 1?

Created on Oct 7, 2014 2:39:52 PM



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Yes, you can do this in the sensor channel settings page by enabling limits and setting the lower error limit to 1

See also: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/sensor_channels_settings

Created on Oct 7, 2014 5:04:44 PM




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