FTP check

[xister]

Hello,

i need your help for the following process.

if a specific file exists (name + data), then mail to...
if not, than do nothing

The last is no problem, but the first task didn´t run

i hope you can help me.

greetz
xister

[KS-Soft Europe]

Not sure where is a problem. You may use "URL" test method to check certain file exists. Quote from the manual: http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... ts.htm#url
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HostMonitor can perform a URL (Universal Resource Locator) check based on the HTTP (web), HTTPS (secure web), FTP or Gopher protocols.
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So, you just should create a "URL" test and specify link to file into "URL" input box in "Test Properties" window (e.g: ftp://ftp.some_server.com/pub/some_file.txt).

After that, you should create an alertprofile, place "Send Email" action into "Good status action" area and assign this alert profile to the test.
http://www.ks-soft.net/hostmon.eng/mfra ... m#profiles

Regards,
Max

[xister]

thanks, the first test is running.

but the second not.
on this ftp the filename differs every day.

can i search on the ftp for something like *.txt or Export*.txt?
The * is a placeholder.

I hope someone can help me.

[KS-Soft]

Sorry, you cannot use wildcards (*). However you may use date&time variables.
Quote from the manual

Translate date macro variables
This option allows you to use date & time variables in the URL. It is useful when you have to monitor web pages that are created on regular basis. E.g. such URL may look like " http://www.sql.company.com/logs/%mm%-%dd%-%yyyy%.html".

To represent a date or time you may use the following variables:
%d% - Current day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).
%dd% - Current day as a number with a leading zero (01-31).
%ddd% - Current day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat). HostMonitor uses system's regional settings for abbreviation format.
%jjj% - The day of the year as a three digit decimal number in the range of 001 to 366
%ww% - Current week as two-digit number (01-54).
%m% - Current month as a number without a leading zero (1-12).
%mm% - Current month as a number with a leading zero (01-12).
%mmm% - Current month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec) using system's regional settings.
%yy% - Current year as a two-digit number (00-99).
%yyyy% - Current year as a four-digit number (0000-9999).
%h% - Current hour without a leading zero (0-23).
%hh% - Current hour with a leading zero (00-23).
%n% - Current minute without a leading zero (0-59).
%nn% - Current minute with a leading zero (00-59).

Regards
Alex