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- Account Name Associated with a Process
- Activating McAfees PGP to Create a Self Decrpyting EXE
- Adding Item to the Tool Menu of IE to Run WB
- Alex Verboons Sample Scripts
- Ansi Character Chart
- API List
- Application Installer
- ARGB Function
- asciichart
- Asynchronously Run a WinBatch Script Against a List of Workstations
- Auto Indent WBT Script
- Auto Install For SpybotSD
- Automate Transactions with MS Money 5
- Automation of Adobe Acrobat Exchange
- Backup Folders With All Permissions
- Boot and Logon Timer
- Build a Bootable Window CD-Rom
- Calculate IP Address Range
- Capturing STDOUT
- CD-ROM Drive Letter Environment Variable Setting Script
- Change Ownership on Files
- Change Screen Resolution
- Check if Adobe Acrobat is Installed
- Check Service UDF
- Check string format
- ChopShop File Splitter (Chop Files into Smaller Chunks)
- ChopShop Heavyweight
- Code - A String Externalizer
- Command Shared Printer Installer
- Console Front End
- Console Output to Screen and File
- Controlling Winamp remotely
- Convert Concatenation from Colon to StrCat using TXL
- Countdown Days
- CPU Time of a Process
- Create a splash screen
- Critical Error Handler
- Cron Scheduler - Winbatch Version
- CSV to HTML Table
- CueCat bar code reading script
- Cute Binary Clock Example
- Day Light SavingsTime Information
- Decompile CHM using 7-Zip
- DesktopHopper
- Determine Current Interactive User From System Account
- Determine Windows Vista and Windows 2008 version
- Directory Display examples
- Download a File Via HTTP Request with a Progress Bar
- Dr Watson Parser
- Drawing Pictures using the GDI Dll_1
- Drawing Pictures using the GDI Dll_2
- DynamicDesk Provides Multiple Desktops
- EarthView - Rendered View of the Earth from Space
- eBay Pager
- Eject CDROM Tray
- Email Error Snapshot
- Error Handler For Entire Script
- Event Reminder Script
- Exit and Remove Current Scripts Folder
- Extender to change IP Address
- Fancy Scrolling in Box Functions
- Fast Sort for Itemlist and Files
- Flashing Window Title Example
- Fytek - PDF Converter
- GDI Image Encoding
- GDI Image Resize
- Generic Install Routine
- Generic Printer Configuration
- Get Original Windows CD Key
- Get Selected IE7 Tab Title
- Get Status Bar of Internet Explorer
- Get User and Memory Info
- Getting the Environment Path
- Global Variable Storage - a trick with Pointers
- Gnuplot and Winbatch
- googletrans
- Growl Notify UDF
- High-Resolution Elapsed Timer
- How to Open those Special Win95 folders
- How to win at Stones Cheat Sheet
- HTML Editor
- HTTP Download with progress bar using dynamic dialog
- Image Sizer
- Ini File Editor
- Intercepting WinPopUp - Mailslot Tricks
- Ip Device List
- IsMenuChecked and IsMnuEnabled
- Job Manager Example
- List Administrative Shares Freespace in HTML
- List Installed Applications
- List Outlook Personal Folders PST Files
- Locate Taskbar UDF
- LogParser
- Look up official Mailing address at USPS website
- Lunch Restaurant Chooser
- Mail Current Mailbox Size
- Make Ascii Chart
- Make Change to NT Server While Screensaver Runs
- Make PopUp Menus from Systray Icons
- Make Popup Menus
- McAfee 4.0.2 Update
- MD5 - MD4 Checksum Using the Crypto Api
- MegaPop UDF
- MessageBox UDF
- Messenger Type Client
- Microsoft Agent Example
- Modem Scan - Get Descriptor
- Network Statistics - Bytes Received Sent
- Office 97 Installation Sample Code
- Outlook Exchange Mail Profile Maker
- Outlook Settings
- Parse Variable Commandline Parameters
- Pc Inventory Update
- PC Inventory
- PcAnywhere Host Configs
- Pi.wbt
- Profile an Application
- Progress Bar in Dialog
- Query Event Log Based on Todays Date
- Rasmon
- Read Local LAN News of the Day
- Read Text File With Status Bar
- Remove Comments from code
- Remove Leading Zeros
- Remove XP Windows Messenger
- Rename a Computer using NETDOM
- Replace an In Use File on Restart
- Rolling Logfile UDF
- Run as an SMTP Server
- Script Code Indentation Fixer
- Script Expire Routine
- Script Viewer
- Scrolling BoxText
- Scrolling Log Window
- Service Manager
- Set Timezone Code
- SHFileDelete
- SHFileOperations
- Simple Little Lottery Program
- Simple MSI Install
- Simple Script to Find My IP Address
- Simple Shell UDFs
- SMS Short Messaging with GSM Modems
- SMS-like Software Distribution in the Background
- Snapshot Server
- SOAP and WinBatch
- Software Metering Example
- SoundEx
- SourceK0d3R
- Split Up Large Text File
- Spyware Startup Removal
- String Externalizer Script
- Switchboard WinBatch
- Syncing Multiple Winbatch Scripts
- SystemInfo Plus Office Version
- Text to PDF UDF
- TrapKeys alternative to WaitforKey
- Two dimensional Array Conversion UDFs
- UDF Get Hwnd
- UrlClip
- Use Private Netscape Bookmark and Cookies during Session
- UT2004 Cache Convertor
- Utility to Start Several Apps in Different Modes
- Variable Dump
- VBScript JScript in WinBatch
- VisualBoxEditor to Visually Design WB Boxes
- Watch (Monitor) a Directory
- Watch for Files and Do Something
- wbconvert2pdfcreator
- WB_RAD Rapid Application Development Interface
- WIA Image Properties
- WILL Lookup Utility
- WinBatch Script to Uninstall Lotus Sametime
- Windows 2000 System State Backup
- WORM_SDBOT Removal Tool
- Wrap Text in Code
- Write Text on a Bitmap
- Write Text to the Screen
- Zen-Works sample
- ZLIB Compression UDFs
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Watch (Monitor) a Directory
Keywords: watchdir watch a directory monitor a folder
You can monitor a directory, and get a notice if anything changes in it. (Which would include a file being deleted.)
WMI Sample
The following query watches for notification that a file has been added or deleted to/from a folder.;The following query watches for notification that a file has been added or deleted to/from a folder. strComputer = "." objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" : strComputer : "\root\cimv2") colMonitoredEvents = objWMIService.ExecNotificationQuery (`SELECT * FROM __InstanceOperationEvent WITHIN 10 WHERE Targetinstance ISA 'CIM_DirectoryContainsFile' and TargetInstance.GroupComponent= 'Win32_Directory.Name="c:\\\\Temp"'`) While @TRUE objLatestEvent = colMonitoredEvents.NextEvent class = objLatestEvent.Path_.Class component = objLatestEvent.TargetInstance.PartComponent file = StrReplace( StrTrim(ItemExtract( 2, component, '=' )), '\\', '\' ) Select @TRUE Case class == "__InstanceCreationEvent" Pause("A new file was just created:", file ) Break Case class == "__InstanceDeletionEvent" Pause("A file was just deleted:", file ) Break EndSelect EndWhile
FindFirstChangeNotificationA Sample
WatchDir = (The directory you want To watch)
Kernel32 = DllLoad(StrCat(DirWindows(1),"KERNEL32.DLL"))
WatchHandle = DllCall(Kernel32,long:"FindFirstChangeNotificationA",lpstr:WatchDir,long:1,long:1)
Status = DllCall(kernel32,long:"WaitForSingleObject",long:WatchHandle,long:-1)
DllCall(Kernel32,long:"FindCloseChangeNotification",long:WatchHandle)
DllFree(Kernel32)
Message ("Hello!","Something Changed!")
ReadDirectoryChangesW Sample
GENERIC_READ = 2147483648
GENERIC_WRITE = 1073741824
INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE = -1
FILE_SHARE_READ = 1 ; Enables subsequent open operations on a file or device to
; request read access.
; Otherwise, other processes cannot open the file or device if
; they request read access.
; If this flag is not specified, but the file or device has
; been opened for read access, the function fails
FILE_SHARE_WRITE = 2 ; Enables subsequent open operations on a file or device to
; request write access
; Otherwise, other processes cannot open the file or device if
; they request write access.
; If this flag is not specified, but the file or device has
; been opened for write access or has a file mapping with write
; access, the function fails
FILE_SHARE_DELETE = 4 ; Enables subsequent open operations on a file or device to
; request delete access.
; Otherwise, other processes cannot open the file or device if
; they request delete access.
; If this flag is not specified, but the file or device has
; been opened for delete access, the function fails.
; Note: Delete access allows both delete and rename operations
CREATE_NEW = 1 ; Creates a new file, only if it does not already exist.
; If the specified file exists, the function fails and the
; last-error code is set to ERROR_FILE_EXISTS (80).
; If the specified file does not exist and is a valid path to a
; writable location, a new file is created
CREATE_ALWAYS = 2 ; Creates a new file, always.
; If the specified file exists and is writable, the function
; overwrites the file, the function succeeds, and last-error
; code is set to ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS (183).
; If the specified file does not exist and is a valid path, a
; new file is created, the function succeeds, and the
; last-error code is set to zero.
OPEN_EXISTING = 3 ; Opens a file or device, only if it exists.
; If the specified file or device does not exist, the function
; fails and the last-error code is set to
; ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2)
OPEN_ALWAYS = 4 ; Opens a file, always.
; If the specified file exists, the function succeeds and the
; last-error code is set to ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS (183).
; If the specified file does not exist and is a valid path to
; a writable location, the function creates a file and the
; last-error code is set to zero.
TRUNCATE_EXISTING = 5 ; Opens a file and truncates it so that its size is zero bytes,
; only if it exists.
; If the specified file does not exist, the function fails and
; the last-error code is set to ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2).
; The calling process must open the file with the GENERIC_WRITE
; bit set as part of the dwDesiredAccess parameter
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY = 1 ; The file is read only. Applications can read the file, but
; cannot write to or delete it
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = 2 ; The file is hidden. Do not include it in an ordinary
; directory listing
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM = 4 ; The file is part of or used exclusively by an operating
; system
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = 16 ; The handle that identifies a directory
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE = 32 ; The file should be archived. Applications use this attribute
; to mark files for backup or removal
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVICE = 64 ; This value is reserved for system use
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = 128 ; The file does not have other attributes set. This attribute
; is valid only if used alone
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY = 256 ; The file is being used for temporary storage
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SPARSE_FILE = 512 ; A file that is a sparse file
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT = 1024 ; A file or directory that has an associated reparse point, or
; a file that is a symbolic link
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED = 2048 ; A file or directory that is compressed. For a file, all of
; the data in the file is compressed.
; For a directory, compression is the default for newly created
; files and subdirectories.
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE = 4096 ; The data of a file is not immediately available. This
; attribute indicates that file data is physically moved to
; offline storage. This attribute is used by Remote Storage,
; the hierarchical storage management software. Applications
; should not arbitrarily change this attribute
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_INDEXED = 8192 ; The file or directory is not to be indexed by the content
; indexing service
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ENCRYPTED = 16384 ; The file or directory is encrypted. For a file, this means
; that all data in the file is encrypted. For a directory, this
; means that encryption is the default for newly created files
; and subdirectories.
; This flag has no effect if FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM is also
; specified
FILE_ATTRIBUTE_VIRTUAL = 65536 ; This value is reserved for system use
FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS = 33554432 ; The file is being opened or created for a backup or restore
; operation.
; The system ensures that the calling process overrides file
; security checks when the process has SE_BACKUP_NAME and
; SE_RESTORE_NAME privileges
; You must set this flag to obtain a handle to a directory.
; A directory handle can be passed to some functions instead of
; a file handle
FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE = 67108864 ; The file is to be deleted immediately after all of its
; handles are closed, which includes the specified handle and
; any other open or duplicated handles.
; If there are existing open handles to a file, the call fails
; unless they were all opened with the FILE_SHARE_DELETE share
; mode.
; Subsequent open requests for the file fail, unless the
; FILE_SHARE_DELETE share mode is specified
FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING = 536870912 ; The file or device is being opened with no system caching for
; data reads and writes. This flag does not affect hard disk
; caching or memory mapped files.
; There are strict requirements for successfully working with
; files opened with CreateFile using the FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING
; flag, for details see File Buffering (MSDN)
FILE_FLAG_OPEN_NO_RECALL = 1048576 ; The file data is requested, but it should continue to be
; located in remote storage.
; It should not be transported back to local storage.
; This flag is for use by remote storage systems.
FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT = 2097152 ; Normal reparse point processing will not occur; CreateFile
; will attempt to open the reparse point. When a file is
; opened, a file handle is returned, whether or not the filter
; that controls the reparse point is operational.
; This flag cannot be used with the CREATE_ALWAYS flag.
; If the file is not a reparse point, then this flag is
; ignored.
FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED = 1073741824 ; The file or device is being opened or created for
; asynchronous I/O.
; When subsequent I/O operations are completed on this handle,
; the event specified in the OVERLAPPED structure will be set
; to the signaled state.
; If this flag is specified, the file can be used for
; simultaneous read and write operations.
; If this flag is not specified, then I/O operations are
; serialized, even if the calls to the read and write functions
; specify an OVERLAPPED structure.
; For information about considerations when using a file handle
; created with this flag, see the Synchronous and Asynchronous
; I/O Handles
FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS = 16777216 ; Access will occur according to POSIX rules.
; This includes allowing multiple files with names, differing
; only in case, for file systems that support that naming.
; Use care when using this option, because files created with
; this flag may not be accessible by applications that are
; written for MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows
FILE_FLAG_RANDOM_ACCESS = 268435456 ; Access is intended to be random. The system can use this as a
; hint to optimize file caching.
; This flag has no effect if the file system does not support
; cached I/O and FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING
FILE_FLAG_SEQUENTIAL_SCAN = 134217728 ; Access is intended to be sequential from beginning to end.
; The system can use this as a hint to optimize file caching.
; This flag should not be used if read-behind (that is,
; backwards scans) will be used.
; This flag has no effect if the file system does not support
; cached I/O and FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING
FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH = 2147483648 ; Write operations will not go through any intermediate cache,
; they will go directly to disk
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME = 1 ; Any file name change in the watched directory or subtree
; causes a change notification wait operation to return.
; Changes include renaming, creating, or deleting a file
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME = 2 ; Any directory-name change in the watched directory or subtree
; causes a change notification wait operation to return.
; Changes include creating or deleting a directory
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_ATTRIBUTES = 4 ; Any attribute change in the watched directory or subtree
; causes a change notification wait operation to return
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE = 8 ; Any file-size change in the watched directory or subtree
; causes a change notification wait operation to return.
; The operating system detects a change in file size only when
; the file is written to the disk.
; For operating systems that use extensive caching, detection
; occurs only when the cache is sufficiently flushed
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE = 16 ; Any change to the last write-time of files in the watched
; directory or subtree causes a change notification wait
; operation to return.
; The operating system detects a change to the last write-time
; only when the file is written to the disk.
; For operating systems that use extensive caching, detection
; occurs only when the cache is sufficiently flushed
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_ACCESS = 32 ; Any change to the last access time of files in the watched
; directory or subtree causes a change notification wait
; operation to return
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_CREATION = 64 ; Any change to the creation time of files in the watched
; directory or subtree causes a change notification wait
; operation to return
FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SECURITY = 256 ; Any security-descriptor change in the watched directory or
; subtree causes a change notification wait operation to return
;typedef struct _SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES {
; DWORD nLength;
; LPVOID lpSecurityDescriptor;
; BOOL bInheritHandle;
;}
;CreateFile(
; __in LPCTSTR lpFileName,
; __in DWORD dwDesiredAccess,
; __in DWORD dwShareMode,
; __in_opt LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpSecurityAttributes,
; __in DWORD dwCreationDisposition,
; __in DWORD dwFlagsAndAttributes,
; __in_opt HANDLE hTemplateFile
;);
;ReadDirectoryChangesW (
; __in HANDLE hDirectory,
; __out LPVOID lpBuffer,
; __in DWORD nBufferLength,
; __in BOOL bWatchSubtree,
; __in DWORD dwNotifyFilter,
; __out_opt LPDWORD lpBytesReturned,
; __inout_opt LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped,
; __in_opt LPOVERLAPPED_COMPLETION_ROUTINE lpCompletionRoutine
;);
; FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION Structure
; Describes the changes found by the ReadDirectoryChangesW function.
;
; Syntax
; C++ typedef struct _FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION {
; DWORD NextEntryOffset;
; DWORD Action;
; DWORD FileNameLength;
; WCHAR FileName[1];
; } FILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION, *PFILE_NOTIFY_INFORMATION;Members
; NextEntryOffset
; The number of bytes that must be skipped to get to the next record. A value of zero indicates that this is the last record.
;
; Action
; The type of change that has occurred. This member can be one of the following values.
;
; Value Meaning
; FILE_ACTION_ADDED
; 0x00000001 The file was added to the directory.
;
; FILE_ACTION_REMOVED
; 0x00000002 The file was removed from the directory.
;
; FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED
; 0x00000003 The file was modified. This can be a change in the time stamp or attributes.
;
; FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME
; 0x00000004 The file was renamed and this is the old name.
;
; FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_NEW_NAME
; 0x00000005 The file was renamed and this is the new name.
;
;
; FileNameLength
; The size of the file name portion of the record, in bytes. Note that this value does not include the terminating null character.
;
; FileName
; A variable-length field that contains the file name relative to the directory handle. The file name is in the Unicode character format and is not null-terminated.
;
; If there is both a short and long name for the file, the function will return one of these names, but it is unspecified which one.
;
sDirPathToControl = "D:\TEMP\"
iFlagsAndAttributes = FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM | FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
sKernel32 = StrCat (DirWindows (1), "KERNEL32.DLL")
hDirectory = DllCall (sKernel32, Long : "CreateFileA", Lpstr : sDirPathToControl, Long : GENERIC_READ, Long : FILE_SHARE_READ|FILE_SHARE_WRITE|FILE_SHARE_DELETE, Lpnull, Long : OPEN_EXISTING, Long : iFlagsAndAttributes, Lpnull)
lBufferLength = 1048576
pStructBuffer = BinaryAlloc (lBufferLength)
BinaryEodSet (pStructBuffer, lBufferLength)
pBytesReturned = BinaryAlloc (4)
BinaryEodSet (pBytesReturned, 4)
lNotifyFilter = FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_FILE_NAME | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_DIR_NAME | FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE
intResult = DllCall (sKernel32, Long : "ReadDirectoryChangesW", Long : hDirectory, Lpbinary : pStructBuffer, Long : lBufferLength, Long : @TRUE, Long : lNotifyFilter, Lpbinary : pBytesReturned, Lpnull, Lpnull)
iReturnClose = DllCall (sKernel32, Long : "CloseHandle", Long : hDirectory)
; How many bytes have been given back?
intBytesReturned = BinaryPeek4 (pBytesReturned,0)
; Break down the structure.
intNextEntryOffset = BinaryPeek4 (pStructBuffer,0)
intAction = BinaryPeek4 (pStructBuffer,4)
intFileNameLength = BinaryPeek4 (pStructBuffer,8)
strFileName = BinaryPeekStrW (pStructBuffer, 12, BinaryEodGet(pStructBuffer))
pBytesReturned = BinaryFree (pBytesReturned)
pStructBuffer = BinaryFree (pStructBuffer)
strMsgTitle = ItemExtract (intAction, "FILE_ACTION_ADDED,FILE_ACTION_REMOVED,FILE_ACTION_MODIFIED,FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_OLD_NAME,FILE_ACTION_RENAMED_NEW_NAME", ",")
strMsgText = strFileName
Message (strMsgTitle, strMsgText)
Exit
Article ID: W15287
File Created: 2014:02:21:11:38:02
Last Updated: 2014:02:21:11:38:02