How do I monitor if any file in a folder grows beyond a specific size
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Kind of a two part question:
- What is the best way to monitor a folder that contains a bunch of files and alert if any one of those files exceeds a predefined file size? Keeping in mind I cannot control the file names and they routinely change.
- What is the best way to monitor a top level directory with many sub-directories for any file that exceeds a specific size? In this situation new directories are routinely created and I still have no control over their names.
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Hi Woodie,
Our Folder sensor can only monitor file count, folder size overall and oldest/newest file.
This means you will need to create a custom sensor wit a custom script to monitor the values you want to monitor.
Kind regards
Felix Wiesneth - Team Tech Support
Nov, 2021 - Permalink
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Hi Woodie,
Our Folder sensor can only monitor file count, folder size overall and oldest/newest file.
This means you will need to create a custom sensor wit a custom script to monitor the values you want to monitor.
Kind regards
Felix Wiesneth - Team Tech Support
Nov, 2021 - Permalink