Monitoring the growth of a file

Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a file. For
example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and then I have to know
if this file is growing because if it is not, I have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not possible.
This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t grows send me a
e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

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Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a file.
For
example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and then I have to
know
if this file is growing because if it is not, I have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not possible.
This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t grows send me a
e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

I would suggest you use the GetFileSize function in the Windows API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Or perhaps better use the last modification time for the file using the
GetFileTime function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Graham.

Hi Recardo
"deleting specific extensions"
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...
Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a file.
For
example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and then I have to
know
if this file is growing because if it is not, I have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not possible.
This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t grows send me a
e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

I would suggest you use the GetFileSize function in the Windows API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Or perhaps better use the last modification time for the file using the
GetFileTime function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Graham.

I found some scripts and merged as a result:

--
strComputer = "computername"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
("SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE " _
& "TargetInstance ISA 'CIM_DataFile' and " _
& "TargetInstance.Name='c:\\temp\\text.txt'")

Do
Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objEmail.From = "
objEmail.To = "
objEmail.Subject = "Something"
objEmail.Textbody = "The file text.txt is growing!!!"
objEmail.Send
Loop
--

"Graham" wrote:

Hi Recardo
"deleting specific extensions"
. com wrote in message
...
Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a file.
For
example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and then I have to
know
if this file is growing because if it is not, I have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not possible.
This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t grows send me a
e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

I would suggest you use the GetFileSize function in the Windows API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Or perhaps better use the last modification time for the file using the
GetFileTime function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Graham.

.

I found some scripts and merged as a result:

--
strComputer = "computername"
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery _
("SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE " _
& "TargetInstance ISA 'CIM_DataFile' and " _
& "TargetInstance.Name='c:\\temp\\text.txt'")

Do
Set objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent
Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objEmail.From = "
objEmail.To = "
objEmail.Subject = "Something"
objEmail.Textbody = "The file text.txt is growing!!!"
objEmail.Send
Loop
--

"Graham" wrote:

Hi Recardo
"deleting specific extensions"
. com wrote in message
...
Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a file.
For
example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and then I have to
know
if this file is growing because if it is not, I have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not possible.
This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t grows send me a
e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

I would suggest you use the GetFileSize function in the Windows API:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Or perhaps better use the last modification time for the file using the
GetFileTime function:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...8VS.85%29.aspx

Graham.

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deleting specific extensions
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Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a
file. For example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and
then I have to know if this file is growing because if it is not, I
have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not
possible. This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t
grows send me a e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

You could schedule a .bat to run hourly and pipe the output of a DIR command
to a file. ' ' is the append symbols so the old data isn't overwritten.
Quckest and easiest I know of. And if you know how to use filters in the
CLI, you could log just the filesize you want instead of all of the dir
command.
Is it a file you can move to a different folder?

Twayne
--
We've already reached
tomorrow's yesterday
but we're still far away from
yesterday's tomorrow.

In ,
deleting specific extensions
. com typed:
Hello guys!
I would like to know if it is possible to monitor the growth of a
file. For example, I have a file that each hour it is modified and
then I have to know if this file is growing because if it is not, I
have a problem.
I was trying to configure it on Operations Manager but it is not
possible. This script would be run each hour and if the file doesn´t
grows send me a e-mail.
Anyone can help me?
Thanks.

Ricardo Ito

You could schedule a .bat to run hourly and pipe the output of a DIR command
to a file. ' ' is the append symbols so the old data isn't overwritten.
Quckest and easiest I know of. And if you know how to use filters in the
CLI, you could log just the filesize you want instead of all of the dir
command.
Is it a file you can move to a different folder?

Twayne
--
We've already reached
tomorrow's yesterday
but we're still far away from
yesterday's tomorrow.