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Powershell script to notify files older than 10 mins

Hi Experts,

I have a production server executing files continuously . Sometimes i get files which are not in proper format hence they are not processed and they stay in there forever. I would like to have a script that will run every 5 mins on a specific folder to check for folder with a file older than 10 mins . It may be possible there are empty folders , i will only like folder with a file in it.

I would love to have a notification via email but if not a pop up box will do the job.

Please Help....

prashanthd

we need to check file last modified date or created date?

prashanthd

Hi,

Try the following code, modify the following in code

$src="c:\test\"

$strFromAddress = "abc@xyz.com"
$strToAddress = "abc@xyz.com"
$strMessageSubject = "REPORT"
$strMessageBody = $strbody
$strSendingServer = "smtpserver"

$src="c:\test\"
$sendmail=$false

 Get-ChildItem -path $src -Recurse |
 Foreach-Object { 
 	  #write-host $_.fullname
	  $dtdiff = New-TimeSpan ($_.LastWriteTime) $(Get-Date)
	  
	  if ($dtdiff.minutes -gt 10){
	  	$strbody=$strbody +$_.fullname+ " - Last Modified Time: "  +$_.LastWriteTime +"`r`n"
		$sendmail=$true
		}		
}
#$strbody
if($sendmail -eq $true){
# Email components
$strFromAddress = "abc@xyz.com"
$strToAddress = "abc@xyz.com"
$strMessageSubject = "REPORT"
$strMessageBody = $strbody
$strSendingServer = "smtpserver"

# Email objects
$objSMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $strFromAddress, $strToAddress, $strMessageSubject, $strMessageBody
$objSMTPClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SMTPClient $strSendingServer
$objSMTPClient.Send($objSMTPMessage)
}

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santoshmotwani

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@prashanthd

creation date

I will try it and will let you know thanks

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santoshmotwani

ASKER

this works good....
how can i have this running 24 X 7 ?

santoshmotwani

ASKER

i am able to run this now as a scheduled task . i created a bat file .

I am posting another question similar to this . Will appreciate your help .

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26902296/Powershell-script-to-notify-only-new-files.html

santoshmotwani

ASKER

Thnx Heaps

Nachman Weiss

HI There i was trying to use this script but i couldn't figure out how to get the email part to work ?

do i need to have a smtp relay server setup ?

or is there a way for me to relay through yahoo or gmail and using the authentication protocols ?

Thanks
Nachman

Mark Huey

Is there a way to run this against multiple folders?

Mark Huey

I think I figured it out. I just added a second src and duplicated the file checking script like below.

$src1="c:\test\targetfolder\"
$src2="c:\test\targetfolder2\"
$sendmail=$false



 Get-ChildItem -path $src1 -Recurse |
 Foreach-Object { 
 	  #write-host $_.fullname
	  $dtdiff = New-TimeSpan ($_.CreationTime) $(Get-Date)
	  
	  if ($dtdiff.minutes -gt 5){
	  	$strbody=$strbody +$_.fullname+ " - Last Modified Time: "  +$_.LastWriteTime +"`r`n"
		$sendmail=$true
		#write-host $_.fullname
		}		
}

Get-ChildItem -path $src2 -Recurse |
 Foreach-Object { 
 	  #write-host $_.fullname
	  $dtdiff = New-TimeSpan ($_.CreationTime) $(Get-Date)
	  
	  if ($dtdiff.minutes -gt 5){
	  	$strbody=$strbody +$_.fullname+ " - Last Modified Time: "  +$_.LastWriteTime +"`r`n"
		$sendmail=$true
		#write-host $_.fullname
		}		
}


#$strbody
if($sendmail -eq $true){
# Email components
$strFromAddress = "filechecker@host.com"
$strToAddress = "myemail@host.com"
$strMessageSubject = "Stuck PO Files Report"
$strMessageBody = $strbody
$strSendingServer = "smtpserver"

# Email objects
$objSMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $strFromAddress, $strToAddress, $strMessageSubject, $strbody
$objSMTPClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SMTPClient $strSendingServer
$objSMTPClient.Send($objSMTPMessage) 

}

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