Re: Network File Audit/Scanning

On Jul 24, 1:34 pm, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<paul.crock...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I need to scan my network computers for a specific file that will
always be in the same location.  e.g. C:\windows\system32\filename.

Does anyone know of a way or a utility to be able to do this?  I can't
find anything that allows for a specific file to be searched - but
maybe I'm missing something obvious.  I remember using some file audit
utilities in the past to generically search by extension, but not by
specific file name.

I would like to save the hassle of going through all 300 computers
through the admin share to verify the presence of a file.

Any ideas?

If you keep a list of all PCs in c:\PCs.lst then you could run this batch
file a few times:
@echo off
set Filename=abc.ext

if not exist c:\Audited md c:\Audited
for /F %%a in (c:\PCs.lst) do call :Sub %%a
goto :eof

:Sub
echo Checking %1
if exist c:\Audited\%1.txt goto :eof
ping %1| find /i "bytes=" || goto :eof
if exist \\%%a\c$\windows\system32\%FileName% (
  echo %date% %time% File "%FileName%" found > c:\Audited\%1.txt
) else (
  echo %date% %time% > c:\Audited\%1.txt
)

Later on you sort the folder c:\Audited by size. This will immediately show
you all PCs that have the file you're looking for.

Outstanding! It worked with one correction. The "%%a" in line: "if
exist \\%%a\c$\windows\system32\%FileName% (" needed to be "%1".
After that alteration, it returned the right info. Thanks Pegasus!
Much appreciated!
.

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