<![CDATA[Parser file name]]>Hi,

We have a case where we need to monitor a log file on one server, but the problem is the logfile name is created like "log yyyy-mm-dd.txt'' and are changing each day, is it possible to configure this timestamp in parsers file name?

Best regards,
Nikk

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/topic/4146/parser-file-nameRSS for NodeFri, 13 Nov 2026 09:19:25 GMTThu, 03 Dec 2015 11:03:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Parser file name on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 07:40:30 GMT]]>You can use strftime patterns in file name. For example, to match dd-mm-yy.txt you can use %d-%m-%y.txt as file name. If hour is included, for example yymmddhh.txt - %y%m%d%H.txt. As time changes system will check different file names. If you need something even more complicated you can call external script to determine part of file name, like this: log-`script.cmd`.txt - it will call script.cmd and use it's output as part of file name.

Best regards,
Victor

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/21227https://forum.netxms.org/post/21227Thu, 20 Oct 2016 07:40:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parser file name on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 07:15:44 GMT]]>Ok so if for example backup program like robocopy creating log file like dd-mm-yy.txt how to monitoring this file then? some backups program generating files with hours in name. Is very hard to predict when backups will finish so i don't know how looks like the log file name? any help?

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/21224https://forum.netxms.org/post/21224Thu, 20 Oct 2016 07:15:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parser file name on Thu, 20 Oct 2016 06:19:17 GMT]]>no, you can specify multiple <file> tags in parser, but wildcards are not allowed.

Best regards,
Victor

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/21217https://forum.netxms.org/post/21217Thu, 20 Oct 2016 06:19:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parser file name on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:04:58 GMT]]>Can I add something like C:\*.txt to monitoring few files with txt extension?

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/21195https://forum.netxms.org/post/21195Tue, 18 Oct 2016 16:04:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Parser file name on Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:13:30 GMT]]>Hi,

yes, in log file name you can use format specifiers from strftime. Parser will switch to new file when resulting name changes. For complicated cases you can also use `command` in file name - parser will execute external command and insert it's output.

Best regards,
Victor

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/18566https://forum.netxms.org/post/18566Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:13:30 GMT