Method, systems and computer program products for monitoring files
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorCharles Atchison
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Abstract
A method for monitoring files including receiving a folder including at least one file path specifying a server machine and a directory. For one or more of the file paths in the folder, a query is transmitted to the server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the directory. The current directory data includes a file name, a created date, a modified date and a file size for files included in the directory. Current directory data is received from the server machine in response to the query and the current directory data is stored in a monitoring database. The method also includes creating a monitoring report including the server machine, the directory and the current directory data for the one or more file paths. The monitoring report is transmitted to a user.
Claims17
A method for monitoring files, the method comprising:
- creating a folder including a file path identifier identifying a file location to be monitored as part of a file backup process to determine if a file at the file location is to be backed up;
- specifying one or more trigger events for causing a file monitoring application to be executed for the file path in the folder to initiate comparing current directory data to a previous version of the directory data associated with a backup file;
- and
- specifying one or more electronic mail (e-mail) addresses to receive monitoring results output from the executed file monitoring application for the file path in the folder, the monitoring results including the name, created date, modified date and size data for a file identified by the file path identifier, the email including an alert message if a previous file size in the previous version of the directory data is larger than a corresponding file size in the current directory data indicating file backup is needed, and
- the folder, the one or more trigger events and the one or more e-mail addresses being accessible to the file monitoring application.
A method for monitoring files, the method comprising:
- detecting a trigger event;
- in response to the detecting, accessing a folder associated with the trigger event, the folder including a file path identifier specifying a server machine and a directory, the file path identifier identifying a file location to be monitored as part of a file backup process to determine if a file at the file location is to be backed up;
- and
- in response to the detecting, for the file path identifier in the folder:
- transmitting a query to the specified server machine requesting current directory data corresponding to the specified directory,
- receiving the current directory data from the server machine in response to the query,
- comparing the current directory data to a previous version of the directory data associated with a backup file, and
- transmitting an alert message if the previous version of the directory data is different than the current directory data indicating file backup is needed, the alert message including monitoring results including the name, created date, modified date and size data for a file identified by the file path identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.