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Partha18
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Processing missing files

  • October 2, 2019
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Hi,

I am working on file collector activity. If there is no files in the directory for 2 days, then i need to get alert.

How can i make this possible?

In file collector, I will check 'process missing file'. And then alert activity. But in between my file collector and alert activity what i need to do?

Important Note: In file collector activity, we scheduled for each 2 hours daily. So per day it will check the directory for 12 times. And so 24 times for 2 days. After this check, if no file is there in my directory, i need to notified.

Please help me with this!

Thanks and Regards,

Partha.

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    Best answer by Jonathon_wodnicki

    Hi,

    If you're on Linux: make a new js activity and paste this in, put after scheduler activity or anywhere really:

    var DIR = '/absolute/path/to/collector/dir';
    var DAYS_UNTIL_THINGS_START_LOOKING_SUSPICIOUS = 2;
    var modified = new Date();
    modified.setTime(execCommand('stat -c %Y ' + DIR)[1] * 1000);
    if((new Date() - modified) / (86400 * 1000) > DAYS_UNTIL_THINGS_START_LOOKING_SUSPICIOUS)
      logError('Error: Collector directory last updated too long ago: ' + modified);

    Thanks,

    -Jon

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    Jonathon_wodnicki
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    Jonathon_wodnickiCommunity AdvisorAccepted solution
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    October 3, 2019

    Hi,

    If you're on Linux: make a new js activity and paste this in, put after scheduler activity or anywhere really:

    var DIR = '/absolute/path/to/collector/dir';
    var DAYS_UNTIL_THINGS_START_LOOKING_SUSPICIOUS = 2;
    var modified = new Date();
    modified.setTime(execCommand('stat -c %Y ' + DIR)[1] * 1000);
    if((new Date() - modified) / (86400 * 1000) > DAYS_UNTIL_THINGS_START_LOOKING_SUSPICIOUS)
      logError('Error: Collector directory last updated too long ago: ' + modified);

    Thanks,

    -Jon

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      Partha18Author
      Level 3
      October 9, 2019

      Hi,

      I am not using Linux.

      In my case, A file will generate for every 1 hour in SFTP. So i need to notify when there is no file for 2 days. My file name is like eg: abcd* (abcd_followed by 6 digit random number. so i gave abcd* in file collector).

      I have created a option "myOption" (type integer; value 0)

      Below is my workflow:

      i have 2 questions. My questions are,

      1) In test activity, I have given vars.recCount > 0, then enable 'True'.

      As i don't know my exact file name, i have given vars.recCount > 0. Will this work?

      2) If file exist, i will make option value as 0. But for every 1 hour, if file is not there, then i need to do increment. How can i increment my option value. Either like SetOption('myOption',myOption+1) or someother thing?

      Please help me with this!

      Thanks and regards,

      ParthaSarathy.

      Jyoti_Yadav
      Jyoti_Yadav
      Level 8
      October 10, 2019

      Hi Partha,

      Answer to your two questions are:

      1) Yes, vars.recCount works if there's any fie, it will give you value greater than zero.

      2) You can set option value using:

      var myOption=GetOption("myOption");

      setOption("myOption",myOption+1);

      Thanks,

      Jyoti

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