Hello

I'm trying the "Folder sensor". I want to make sure that a folder is empty. I cannot see a way to not count hiden files like Thumbs.db. At this point I cannot use the default sensor, it does not fit my needs. Why isn't there a setting to allow to not scan hidden files ? :-( It seems to me really basic setting.

https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/folder_sensor "The Folder sensor counts all files in a folder, including hidden files."

I suppose I'll have to write my own script?

Thank you

Yann

Article Comments

Hello,

Thank you for the KB-Post. I'm afraid indeed, as of now this can only be solved with a script running as a custom sensor. I'll forward the improvement request to our dev team though.

best regards.


Jan, 2018 - Permalink

Custom Sensor NetworkFileCount allows you to count files in a folder and optional subfolders while skipping hidden files.


Jan, 2018 - Permalink

Well thank you for this last answer.

I already spent hours to setup "Folder sensor" :-( I'll try for antoher case and I probably swtich later to this sensor if it works as expected.


Feb, 2018 - Permalink

As NetworkFileCount is a custom script, I prefered use my own. Really simple, do exactly what I need and no more. Can be easily modified to suit your needs.

Get-ChildItem by default does not return hidden file.

param(
	[string]$computerName,
	[string]$p_folderToCheck
)

$session = New-PSSession -computerName $computerName -Authentication Kerberos 

$scriptBlock = {
	param(
		$p_folderToCheck
	)
    $fileCount = gci -File $p_folderToCheck
	$fileCount = $fileCount.count

    $result= "<?xml version=`"1.0`" encoding=`"Windows-1252`" ?>`r`n"
    $result+="<prtg>`r`n"
	
    $result+="   <result>`r`n"   
    $result+="   	<channel>Nb fichier</channel>`r`n"
	$result+="      <Unit>count</Unit>`r`n"		
    $result+="      <value>$fileCount</value>`r`n"
    $result+="   </result>`r`n"

    $result+="   <text>OK</text>`r`n"
    $result+="</prtg>`r`n"
    $result
}

Invoke-Command -computerName $computername -scriptBlock $scriptBlock -ArgumentList $p_folderToCheck	
Remove-PSSession -computerName $computername
Exit 0

Feb, 2018 - Permalink