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Ganesh12
Copper Contributor
Oct 03, 2019

"FileSystemWatcher "not able to monitor new files coming in sub directory for network share drive

Hi,
I was testing the monitor files using  New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
 
Even I enabled the property the below property,its not working
$watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true
 
 
I am testing on Windows server 12 R2 on network share drive
 
Windows PowerShell
windows server

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  • Kevin_Morgan's avatar
    Kevin_Morgan
    Iron Contributor
    Oct 04, 2019

    Ganesh12 

     

    Can you try the below script ?

    $FileSystemWatcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
$FileSystemWatcher.Path = "C:\RootFolder\TestFolder"
$FileSystemWatcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true
$FileSystemWatcher.Filter = "*"
$FileSystemWatcher.NotifyFilter = 383

#Register watcher to watch created changes alone.
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $FileSystemWatcher -EventName Created -Action {
$Object = "{0} was {1} at {2}" -f $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath,
$Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType,
$Event.TimeGenerated
$WriteHostParams = @{
ForegroundColor = 'Green'
BackgroundColor = 'Black'
Object = $Object
}
Write-Host @WriteHostParams
}


    Other supported EventName(s)
    Changed,Renamed,Deleted and Error

     

    Refer this post for more info : https://mcpmag.com/Articles/2015/09/24/Changes-to-a-Folder-Using-PowerShell.aspx?Page=1

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