Folder monitoring

Richard Brown

• January 03, 2019 09:10

Hi,
Is it possible to add something to watch for file activity at a OS/disk layer. Effectively watching a folder for files deposited.
E.g. not via a cerberus action such as an account logon.

I have a number of users with mapped drives. They put files into specific folders, as part of automation it would be ideal if Cerberus could run a script to move these files to the external services used. It would help streamline data flow steps if it is possible,

Many thanks
Richard

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  Dana Anderson

  Product Support

  • February 06, 2019 21:26

  Thanks for taking the time to make this post.

  As a small team with a large product roadmap, we have to pick new feature based on the value they'll add to the most users possible.

  With feature requests posted to the community, we will gauge demand for this request.

  While waiting for your request to gather the support of our community, we suggest browsing the other request and showing support for requests that you find valuable as well.
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  Steve Hoyer

  • March 26, 2019 16:30

  I have this same situation (or really similar, anyway). My work around was a Scheduled Task (every minute) that kicks off a batch file that does all the file operation I need.

  There are File Operations available in a scheduled task too, but I haven't played with them much. I needed to handle files in a bunch of directories and it was easier to do a quick script and maintain it there.

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  Ian J Butteriss

  • March 28, 2019 19:26

  Also need Cerberus to watch a folder and copy files to a backup folder as they are copied into and FTP launch folder.

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  Tyler Matthias

  • June 23, 2022 14:53

  I also have this issue and followed up with support recently. Still don't see this as available functionality. It would be really awesome to be able to trigger event rules based on folder or file monitoring to then run a script or SFTP a file

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  Ian Butteriss

  Product Support

  • June 23, 2022 15:10

  Hello Tyler, thanks for your comment. We are considering several features that will dramatically expand the capabilities of Folder Monitor, including the exact functionality you are looking for. We have added your comment to the feature request so that our Product Manager is aware of your desire to see it in a future release. At this time I still can't say if and when we'll get it into a future release, but it is very much on our radar. Thank you and take care -- Ian Butteriss, Cerberus Support.

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