File Watcher Job

Defines the user name with the authorization to execute the job. This attribute is used by the Control-M security mechanism.

Rules:

• Characters: 1-30
• Case Sensitive: Yes
• Invalid Characters: Blanks, Single quotation marks

Defines the path of the file to be detected. The file name can include wildcard character * to represent any number of characters (including no characters) or ? to represent any one character.

Determines whether to detect creation or deletion of a file as follows:

• Create: Detects the creation of a file according to the Time Frame and File Age that you define.

  File size is ignored if the Path parameter contains wildcards (unless the monitor file size when wildcard is used parameter is set to Y).

• Delete: Detects the deletion of a file according to the Time Frame that you define.

  The File Watcher (ctmfw) utility, when run in Delete mode, first checks for files that match the specified name. After a specified file is detected, the ctmfw utility checks at the specified interval for the deletion of that file.

Defines if Control-M monitors the file size when the filename contains wildcards. This parameter is ignored if the filename does not contain a wildcard.

Determines the minimum file size in bytes, KB, MB, or GB. This parameter is ignored if the Path parameter contains wildcards (unless the monitor file size when wildcard is used parameter is set to Y) or if the mode parameter is set to DELETE.

Variable Name: %%FTP-MINSIZEx

Determines the interval (in seconds) between attempts to monitor the size of a file after the detection of the file. This parameter is ignored when using wildcards in Path (unless the monitor file size when wildcard is used parameter is set to Y) or when using DELETE mode.

Determines the number of attempts to monitor file size where the size remains static and greater than or equal to minimum detected size (indicating successful creation of the file). This parameter is ignored when using wildcards in FILE unless the monitor file size when wildcard is used parameter is set to Y) or when using DELETE mode.

Determines the interval between successive attempts to detect the existence/deletion of a file (in seconds).

Determines the maximum time (in minutes) to run the process without detecting the file at its minimum size (CREATE) or detecting its deletion (DELETE). If the file is not detected/deleted in this specified time frame, the process terminates with an error return code.

Variable Name: %%FTP-TIMELIMITx

Determines the absolute time span during which the utility monitors the file you want to watch.

Determines the time when the utility starts monitoring the file, as follows:

• Immediately: Starts monitoring the file when the job starts execution.

• Custom: Starts monitoring the file at the time that you define.

Determines the time when the utility stops watching the file, as follows:

• No Stop Time: Stops monitoring the file when the job ceases execution.

• Custom: Stops monitoring the file at the time that you define.

Determines the minimum and maximum amounts of time that must have passed since the file you want to watch was last modified.

Determines the minimum amount of time that must have passed since the file was last modified, as follows:

• No Minimal Age: Monitors the file immediately after the file was modified.

• Custom: Monitors the file when the amount of time that you define has passed after modification.

Variable Name: %%FTP-FILE_MIN_AGEx