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Need to modify my powershell script to create event logs or perhaps a time stamp

I got some help a few weeks ago and now use the following scrpt to clean up old .dat files that build up on my sharepoint server. The script works great and I am still thankful for the help I received, but my boss is hoping I can modify it to create event logs when it begins and ends or even a timestamp so we can use our network monitor to see how long it actually runs and be alerted if it stops running for some reason. I run this from a .bat file and it is scheduled to run in SCHEDULED TASKS. Everything runs fine, we just want to be able to monitor how long it takes and be alearted if it does not run. We were thinking we could monitor the event viewer and if a certain message does not appear we get alerted. All advice welcome..thanks

$Path = "D:\WSS_Files\data_realtime_archive\DataVolume\Farm(PTI-SQL#SHAREPOINT_CONFIG_FARM1)\http#80#processing\#"
gci $path -filter *.dat -recurse | ?{$_.lastwritetime -lt ((get-date).adddays(-60))} | Remove-Item -recurse -force

Dale Harris

What if you have it email you every time it finishes? Set it to kick off at 9AM (or whatever) and then when you get the email, you know two things: how long it ran and that it's done. If you don't get one, it didn't kick off.

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2009/10/30/sending-automated-emails-with-send-mailmessage-convertto-html-and-the-powershellpack-s-taskscheduler-module.aspx

HTH,

Dale Harris

Thor2923

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interesting idea, I will run it by my boss....I am still hoping this job to create some kind of event log though....thanks

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Thor2923

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your time commands look like they are going to work. I was able to add your commands and copy and paste my script into a powershell window and after running it reported how many seconds it took. The next step would be to get this to create the output in a file if I call the PS1 from a BAT file. Do you know if there is an easy modification for that?? BTW the event comman looks great too, I am playing with that now

Dale Harris

You can hardcode the output:

"Your script took a total of $($Difference.seconds) seconds to run" > "C:\TestTimer.txt"

Good luck!

DH

Thor2923

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All your advice is working out perfectly!!! I have got much more interested and learned a lot about POWERSHELL from these few posts...THANKS