Monitor multiple files in a folder

This is unfortunately not possible, since sensors like File/Folder/File Content Sensors do not support applying wildcards or a combination of wildcards and exclusions.

Kind regards.

Hi peresbr

Maybe you can try with a custom batch sensor like this:

forfiles /d -10 /P c:\Data /M SX*.dtc
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 EXIT 1
IF %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 2 EXIT 2

:: ErrorLevel 1 if no Files found older than 10 days 
:: ErrorLevel 0 if Files are found older than 10 days

It checks for files with searchmask SX*.dtc in the folder c:\data. If there IS a file older than 10days it exits with 1 else Exit with 2.

regards Thomas

Dear Thomas

Thank you for your input. Please allow me to comment that this bat is not yet a full PRTG Exe/Script sensor.

• It should begin with @echo off to disable unwanted console output
• The sensor must create an output on the console. for example:

echo 0:No files found older than 10 days

or

echo 1:Files older than 10 days present

The part before the colon is the actual data recorded as historic data, the part after the colon is the current status message.