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doodleman99
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 Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 4:52 am Post subject: Folder/File Availability wildcards |
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Hi there guys,
I used to run a file check to check that last night's backup was created.
but it now seems to be failing even though the file exists?
it used to check for \\server\share\folder\subFolder\*.bak and alert if the file was older than 12hours
has something changed in a recent update that would affect the use of the wildcard * in my file location?
is there an alternative?
Thanks,
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KS-Soft
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | but it now seems to be failing even though the file exists? |
seems to be failing?
What is exactly test Status/Reply? HostMonitor version?
| Quote: | | it used to check for \\server\share\folder\subFolder\*.bak and alert if the file was older than 12hours |
If there are several files in the folder then using "*" is wrong idea because you do not want to check just some "random" file, you want to check newest file, right? Then you should use %NewestFile% variable
\\server\share\folder\subFolder\%NewestFile%
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Alex |
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doodleman99
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:42 am Post subject: |
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ah!!! perfect!
didnt know about that variable  sorry!!!
there are indeed multiple files which is obviously why it's failing..... not sure how/why it worked before?
Many thanks for your speedy(as always) response!!!
keep up the good work!
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KS-Soft
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:58 am Post subject: |
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You are welcome 
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