Hi,

We have a program that writes changes/logs to a txt file every minutes. This file does not update it's "modified date" for sometimes up to a week even tho there are changes being made to the file every minute. (As the file remains open when in use by the software)

How can I monitor the file so PRTG can tell me when the changes to the file stop happening? I tried using a checksum sensor but this only alerts me when changes are happening (every minute) not when they stop happening.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, David.

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Hello,

I'm afraid that might only be possible with a self written Custom Script Sensor, which maybe runs at a scanning interval of 5 minutes, stores the checksum in another logfile, and then returns an error to PRTG if the checksum is the same on two consecutive scans.

best regards.


Sep, 2012 - Permalink

Thanks Torsten, I'll look into writing our own script.

Perhaps this is something Paessler could include in an update?

Regards, David.


Sep, 2012 - Permalink