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(imported topic written by SystemAdmin)

Hello all,

I’m pretty new to creating Fixlets and this may have been answered in another thread but I can’t find a good way of searching for it. So here is my dilemma, I want to read the last modified time of a file on multiple servers. Most of them in are in the same path on each server but there are one or two that have a different path. How can I get the Fixlet to check one place and if it doesn’t find it, move to the next folder and check there before sending an error flag? It’s probably a simple “if (file a) doesn’t exist then check (file b) path”.

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(imported comment written by jgolembi)

jimwald,

This is what I have used:

if (exists file("c:\xmlexample.txt")) then modification time of file("c:\xmlexample.txt") as string else if (exists file("c:\setup\xmlexample.txt")) then modification time of file("c:\setup\xmlexample.txt") as string else "N/A"

-John G

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(imported comment written by jgolembi)

jimwald,

This is what I have used:

if (exists file("c:\xmlexample.txt")) then modification time of file("c:\xmlexample.txt") as string else if (exists file("c:\setup\xmlexample.txt")) then modification time of file("c:\setup\xmlexample.txt") as string else "N/A"

-John G

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(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)

Not trying to step on your feet jgolembi, I just really like writing Relevance. Here is another possible solution jim:

modification times of files whose ( name of it = "test.txt" ) of ( folders "C:\temp\c"; folders "C:\temp\a"; folders "c:\temp\b" )

There are plenty of other ways to go about this and you can refer to the numerous guides at: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/Fixlet%20Authoring for looking stuff up.

Also, Relevance itself has introspection which I find very useful.

properties of type whose ( name of it contains "file" )

To get an even more verbose search:

properties whose ( it as string contains "file" )

This will show you any inspector or result type that contains “file”.

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(imported comment written by jgolembi)

Benhobbs,

My feet will be fine!

However by posting this you are now my Forum arch-nemesis. You are

KAHHHHHN!

I am Kirk.

:slight_smile:

-John G