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Local file monitoring is provided by the Local File driver. It lets you monitor files located on the server by:
| • | checking for the existence of a certain file. |
| • | acquiring file attributes: |
| • | calculating file checksum (using Adler-32 algorithm) |
| • | loading file contents and making them available for analysis and editing by AggreGate data processing tools (e.g. alerting if a certain pattern is found). |
File monitoring can be a helpful and effective tool for a number of network managements tasks, such as:
| • | Detecting events on the host being monitored by the presence or absence of a particular file. |
| • | Monitoring the availability of a service or an application by tracking the last modification time and/or other attributes of a specific file. |
| • | Monitoring application activity by analyzing file contents. |
| • | Managing applications by changing contents of their configuration files. |
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