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Watch log files inside folder and copy them when changed
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| # From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29066742/watch-file-for-changes-and-run-command-with-powershell | |
| $folder = "C:\Users\LOCAL_~1\AppData\Local\Temp\3" | |
| $filter = "*.log" | |
| $destination = "C:\Users\Documents" | |
| $Watcher = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher $folder, $filter -Property @{ | |
| IncludeSubdirectories = $false | |
| NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite' | |
| } | |
| $onCreated = Register-ObjectEvent $Watcher -EventName Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action { | |
| $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath | |
| $name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name | |
| $changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType | |
| $timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated | |
| Write-Host "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp" | |
| Write-Host $path | |
| Copy-Item $path -Destination $destination -Force -Verbose | |
| } |
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