File Specification Properties

Each File Specification defines a file (or set of files) that will trigger the job.

File Specification

Specify the file(s). You must specify the path and name, but you may use wildcards. For example:

• c:\proddata\data1.log looks for a specific file
• c:\proddata\*.log looks for any file with a ".log" extension in the c:\proddata\ directory.

The File Specification may contain Job Variables, which will be expanded to resolve the file name.

The File Trigger cannot be used to monitor network drives mapped to a local drive letter. You must use the UNC path to the files rather than the drive letter. This is because drive letters mapped outside adTempus are not available to adTempus, and drive mappings you establish on the Resources page are not connected until after the job has been triggered. See the Network Access for Jobs topic for more information.

Include subdirectories

If the Include subdirectories option is checked, adTempus will check subdirectories of the directory named in the File Specification for files that match the same name or pattern. For example if your File Specification is c:\proddata\*.log, adTempus will look for a file with the extension ".log" in the"c:\proddata\ directory and all of its subdirectories.