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- Files and directories monitoring tool
- =====================================
- Version: 1.4.2
- Home page: http://www.bitrix.ru/logmon/eng/
- Author: Vadim Dumbravanu, vad@bitrix.ru
-
- Log Monitor is a files and directories monitoring tool. The program
- periodically checks selected file's modification time and executes
- external program if file's time was changed or not changed. For
- directories it handles such events as files change, addition or
- removal.
-
- Works under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP.
-
- It's free for personal and business use. See LICENSE.TXT for
- copyright information.
-
- This file contains following topics:
-
- 1. Purpose.
- 2. Usage.
- 3. Some features.
- 4. Installation.
- 5. Uninstallation.
-
- 1. PURPOSE
-
- The program is intended for different administrators using
- automated processes. From time to time these processes stop working
- or can even terminate abnormally. Sometimes processes create or
- update error log-files. Log Monitor can watch over such processes
- via their log-files and warn administrators about problems.
-
- Users can watch over common network folders and see what happens
- within their directories.
-
- 2. USAGE
-
- Most of automated processes track log-files, periodically updating
- them. Accordingly, if such process will terminate abnormally,
- log-files cease changing.
-
- If the process did not update the log-file during selected
- interval, Log Monitor runs an external program. It can be "net send
- bla bla bla", or paging program, or process restart. Log Monitor
- can run a program if the file was changed too, so you can check
- error files for changes.
-
- Log Monitor can also watch over directories and handle files
- change, addition or removal events within directory tree.
-
- Log Monitor can be used as a task scheduler. NT Scheduler Service
- is uncomfortable if you need to run a task every hour for example.
- Using Log Monitor you can add nonexisting file, then select
- interval of 3600 seconds and the program. As long as the file does
- not update, selected program will run every hour.
-
- You can specify working time and days when program will be
- launched.
-
- 3. SOME FEATURES
-
- - Several files or directories can be monitored simultaneously,
- each file has its own interval and is processing in a separate
- thread.
-
- - Works on the schedule, can check files and directories only
- during selected time interval and days of week or month.
-
- - Powerful argument variables to pass files information to actions.
-
- - Can run as a native NT service.
-
- - Minimizes to the System Tray, can be hide completely.
-
- - Many other really beautiful things.
-
- 4. INSTALLATION
-
- Unzip all files from LOGMON.ZIP to the temporary folder and then
- run SETUP.EXE. Follow setup program instructions. You can delete
- unzipped files from the temporary directory after installation.
-
- 5. UNINSTALLATION
-
- Go to the Control Panel, then select Add/Remove Programs. Find
- 'Log Monitor' string in the software list and press 'Add/Remove'
- button. Note that program options saved in the registry will be
- removed too.
-