Simple Script Solutions

Friday, April 20, 2018

Simple PS code will wait until the log file exist.

#Wait Until File is created

$logfile = "Log file name"

$TargetLogFile = "Path_To_File"

# example $logfile = "Test.CSV"

# example $TargetLogFile = \\$ServerName\C$\Temp\$logfile"

#()_.Wait for the log file

write-host "()_.Attempting to locate [$logfile]" -f yellow

do{

Write-host "()_.Please wait..." -f Cyan

Start-Sleep -Seconds 5

Write-host "()_.{$logfile] not there" -f Yellow

$path = Test-Path $TargetLogFile

if (!($TargetLogFile))

{Write-Host "()_.[$logfile] Not here yet..." -f Yellow

start-sleep -Seconds 5}

}

until($path)

Write-Host "()_.Located [$logfile]" -f Green

Write-Host "()_.Will continue" -f Yellow

Oz Casey, Dedeal

Principal Systems Engineer

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