Scan Directory For File Creation w/ Random File Name - Community

Bruce (2 posts)

September 1, 2009 05:28 PM

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Folks,

This seems like a very simple thing, but I am having difficulty getting it to work.

A user is creating new files on a remote server (accessible either via mapped drived or unc naming) but is not forwarding a copy of the file to us.

At a minimum, I want to set up an adTempus job to simply scan the directory on a remote server (accessible either via mapped drived or unc naming) and trigger an e-mail whenever a new file is created in the remote directory.

Ideally, I would then build upon that job with the scripting necessary to push a copy of the file onto another server using a new file name.

Can anyone share a working example?

Thanks

Bruce

Bill Staff (599 posts)

September 1, 2009 06:15 PM

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What sort of difficulty are you having?

You can use a File Trigger with the UNC path and a wildcard (like "*.*") to trigger when files are created. You cannot used the mapped drive letter; see here for additional limitations.

When the job runs, the name of the file that triggered it will be available in the "FileName" job variable, which you can use in a script or pass to a batch file to do the copy. E.g., to send the name to a batch file, put "%FileName%" in the command-line parameters box of the step that runs it.

You can also insert "%FileName%" into the notification message subject or body to include the file name there.

Bruce (2 posts)

September 2, 2009 07:21 AM

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Bill,

I am using the UNC path and when I force the job to run, it does scan for a new/modified file (wild card for *.txt). However, I cannot seem to get the job to trigger based on a file creation/modification - I have to run it manually

Bruce

Bill Staff (599 posts)

September 2, 2009 09:22 AM

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Please submit a support request so we can look at this in more detail.