Ah, I see what is happening now. The folder changes with a new file, but doesn't change with a file change.
Hmmmmmmmmm....... I hate to say it, but attacking this might well require a VB Script of sorts if the log file is all you have to work with. What is the process/service you are checking? Perhaps there is another method available to check it's status. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -----Original Message----- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 4:41 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? Changed to "last write date is less than 60 minutes ago". Dropped the trailing \ Response <pathname> was written 995 minutes ago. -----Original Message----- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: May 30, 2007 3:25 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? change the "creation date" setting in the COM Check to "last write date", and leave off the trailing "\" so the check: field is "\\myserver\myshare\myfolder" Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) -----Original Message----- From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 2:41 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? Doesn't look like that's the case Michael. I have a file time stamp changing every hour but the folder time stamp is at midnight. Probably when the file name changes? Thomas I will check into this - writing a VB script will be a challenge though (for me :-). If you have any examples I could use as a guide I'd appreciate it. Send to me directly if you want. Thanks for the ideas Barry Dirk - Ditto the strong helpful community for "SA strong points" :-) ________________________________________ From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shook Sent: May 30, 2007 1:56 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? If I'm not mistaken, if you give the file properties check only the folder name in which the log files live, then it will check the modified time of the folder, which should be the modified time of the most recently modified file in that folder. Michael D. Shook Systems Analyst - Data Integration Saddle Creek Corporation 863 668 4477 (work) 863 665 1261 (fax) My time zone: UTC -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) ________________________________________ From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:46 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] File Properties System Date Parameter? Hi all, I need to check a remote log file is being updated every x minutes (creation time change). Each day it creates a new file with a name based on system date. Is there a way to parses this name change via the File Properties app? We would use this to check if a service has hung. If not, what suggestions can people make? 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