General
40 results found
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3 votes
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Trigger repeatedly for a new file
The option for a Monitor to trigger repeatedly when a matching file is present. Right now, DirectorMonitor only triggers once for a new file, but I'd like to have the option for it to keep triggering until that file is gone.
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Checksum or hash sum on files
Add an option to collect a checksum on files (using MD5 or some other algorithm) if Directory Monitor detects a file change. This would allow for easier and more accurate tracking of files moving (from one folder to another), being edited, and renamed.
4 votes -
POST Plugin
POST Plugin
2 votes -
Ability to manage multiple installs in one location (web interface)
For example, on install you are prompted to install either the service or the management console/web interface, or both. The service could then be installed on a number of additional machines, and managed centrally via the console/web interface.
This would be ideal for enterprise users.
7 votes -
Monitor directory only during specific times
Add an option to allow monitoring a directory only during specific times during the day (such as business hours). Outside of the configured range the monitor will be disabled and no events will be logged or acted upon.
The range should cater for days of the week and times during that day. Would having a month option be useful (to monitor only in January for example)?
26 votes -
Zero notification (silent) directory option
The ability to setup a directory that does not cause any user notification such as balloons, tray icon flashing or even the tray icon changes. Events created will be completely silent but still logged to the Text and Grid logs and any automation steps will also be run, there will just be no indication to the user that anything has happened.
This can be useful for ignoring events in directories you knowingly are making changes to and want to log the changes, but not be concerned with a notification. More important directories can notify you in some way so that…
4 votes -
Language Pack German
I have the idea to translate the tool into the german language.
How can I help you?7 votes -
hot keys
double click to view properties instead of open target folder and provide customize hot keys for pause(ctrl+p), resume(ctrl+r) etc.,
6 votes -
Color Code
It would be great to color code each monitored directory under the grid log.
6 votes -
Reporting Plugin
Generate PDF and/or Excel reports of directory activity. The reports can include statistics, summaries, charts and graphs to display overall activity for each directory as well as all directories combined.
This report could be generated on a daily basis and coupled with the Emailer plugin to send a scheduled update. Reports could also be generated manually which would mean having to archive all event data so that is can be retrieved long after being cleared in the UI.
12 votes -
FTP Plugin
A simple FTP uploader plugin that will attach and and push new/changed files to an FTP server.
Still thinking about what should happen to deleted files, should they also be removed on the FTP server? The plugin will have similar functionality to the emailer with regard to options. Need to be careful about performance when there is a high volume of events. Errors can easily occur as well if files go missing during uploads or connectivity becomes a problem.
35 votes -
Monitor a folder for files that had been there for to long
I have a system that import files from certain folders and the need to monitor so there not will be files standing in these folders.
And have to be able to set certain time that the file may be in the folder78 votesThis should be possible now as a directory plugin. This will use the creation/modification date on the files to determine the age and possibly touch the dates when the file is detected. Periodic scans will take place to determine ages and and a new event called “Expired” will be created when old files are detected.
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Here's a hint you can give on your website...
I needed to POST to my server every time a file changed so my server could react RIGHT away....
I set the program to execute a batch file with the following code...
ECHO OFF
ECHO POSTING...
curl -F "1=%~1" -F "2=%~2" "http://example.com/api/fileevent.php"
PAUSEIt worked brilliantly..
Just add curl to the directory of the bat file
http://curl.haxx.se/latest.cgi?curl=win64-ssl-sspi2 votes -
Support for Novell and non-Windows/Samba shares.
Directory Monitor will only be able to detect changes in shares that are running a Windows-based operating system or use emulated Windows shares such as Samba (SMB). Because of this, no changes will appear when motioning shares that are exposed through various other protocols such as NFS.
To overcome this a polling mechanism could be put in place (the snapshot feature does this already), which will periodically take a snapshot of a share's contents and try determine the changes from the previous one.
This technique is somewhat unreliable depending on the latency of taking the snapshot and you would lose…
3 votes -
Linux support using Mono
When v2 of Directory Monitor started being developed, I kept Mono (http://www.mono-project.com/) in mind to also support Linux and had the application running using Mono in Ubuntu.
I have not been actively testing Directory Monitor in Linux although it is entirely possible to have a functional build that will provide the same features on a Linux distribution running Mono.
If there is enough interest in this (votes) then I will provide an official build and fully supported version to the public.
20 votes -
SMS Plugin
A plugin that can send the event information as an SMS to configured mobile numbers.
Could use a service like CardboardFish (http://www.cardboardfish.com/) to send the SMS. Are there any other services available like this?
3 votes -
Event Log Writer Plugin
A plugin that writes Directory Monitor events to the Windows Event Log.
This could write to the application event log (errors are already written there) or to it's own custom event log for monitoring with administrative tools like SCOM.
15 votes -
Web View Plugin
A plugin that allows Directory Monitor to publish events over HTTP or Web Sockets so that you can monitor activity over the internet.
Using a technology such as SignalR (http://signalr.net/), real-time events from Directory Monitor could easily be consumed from a web page over the internet.
You would configure an HTTP end-point that SignalR clients could connect to and listen for events on their configured directories. The end-point provided could be a completely custom site. An example monitoring page will be provided as well.
46 votes -
RSS Feed Plugin
A plugin to expose Directory Monitor events through an RSS feed.
This could be very useful for admins running the application as a service to be constantly notified over the web of what is happening on the servers.
The event data would be exposed just as it does through the textual or grid log views on the UI. You would configure an end-point that Directory Monitor would feed information to in ATOM or RSS2 XML.
21 votes
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