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GFI Network Server Monitor Configuring monitor functions • 66
• Description contains string – Specify the string to search for, in
the file contents (i.e. filter event by content string).
• Check only events which happened in the last x minutes – Specify
this value to filter events occurring during the specified period of
time (i.e. filter events by time of occurrence).
NOTE: Use (*) wildcard to indicate all/any criteria.
File Existence
GFI Network Server Monitor can check for the existence of a particular
file on a target computer as well as search its contents for particular
strings. This is particularly convenient when checking for results of
scheduled batch jobs and other logging information.
Screenshot 58 - File existence check parameters dialog
A File Existence function requires the following parameters:
• File (UNC Path) – Specify the path to the file which is to be
checked in UNC format (e.g. \\server\share\today_job_results.txt).
• Does not exist – Enable this option to check if the file exists. In this
case, the check fails if the specified file is found.
• Exists - Enable this option to check if the file exists. In this case,
the check succeeds if the specified file is found.
• File must contain …string – Enable this flag and specify the string
to be searched for in the existing file contents. In this case the
check will succeed only if the file exists and the specified string is
present in the file contents.