Newest file matching mask?

BryonSutherland · Post by **BryonSutherland** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:42 am

Scenario: 12 files (one every two hours) get generated with a datetime stamp in their name in a single folder. I need to make sure that each one is generated.

I have a File Monitor configured which looks for "File doesn't exist OR older than 90 minutes" configured. This works fine for the first file created that day but when the next check run it reports a failure.

I believe this is because HM is picking the first (oldest) file which matches the mask *CFMRCNOT%yyyy%%mm%%dd%*.txt and determining that it's older than 90 minutes. Is there a way to specify that HM look at the Newest File while using a mask?

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:06 am

You may use %NewestFile% macro variable, e.g.:
D:\logs\%NewestFile%
Note: "Translate macros" options should be marked.

Please check for details at:
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... htm#macros

BryonSutherland · Post by **BryonSutherland** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:10 am

Thank you for the response. Let me clarify....

There are other files being generated in the folder on a continual basis. I need the monitor to check for the newest file matching the file mask, not just the newest file.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:26 am

Then use Count Files test method, enable the following options:
- Count files newer than 90 min
- Alert when folder contains more than 0 files
- Reverse alert

Regards
Alex

BryonSutherland · Post by **BryonSutherland** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:49 am

Count Files lets me use a mask. Unintuitive but brilliant!

Thanks!