https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/How-to-pass-a-source-path-to-a-script/m-p/487241#M8709 <P>I am monitoring a location in my system.Whenever there is any new file in the location,I call a script using unarchive command in props.conf .I want to pass the source path of the new file in the location to the script?</P> <P>I am calling the script when there is a new file in my location using following configuration:</P> <PRE><CODE>input.conf [monitor://C:\location\*.*] index=test props.conf [source::C:\\location\*.*] invalid_cause=archive unarchive_cmd = path_to_script\\scriptName.py </CODE></PRE> <P>I know that I can pass arguments to script like following and access arguments as command line arguments in script:</P> <PRE><CODE>props.conf [source::C:\\location\*.*] invalid_cause=archive unarchive_cmd = path_to_script\\scriptName.py argument1 argument2 </CODE></PRE> <P>Please help me how to pass source path(the location of the new file,<BR />which is triggering the call of script) to script.</P> Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:45:45 GMT jeswin96 2020-06-07T18:45:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/How-to-pass-a-source-path-to-a-script/m-p/487241#M8709 <P>I am monitoring a location in my system.Whenever there is any new file in the location,I call a script using unarchive command in props.conf .I want to pass the source path of the new file in the location to the script?</P> <P>I am calling the script when there is a new file in my location using following configuration:</P> <PRE><CODE>input.conf [monitor://C:\location\*.*] index=test props.conf [source::C:\\location\*.*] invalid_cause=archive unarchive_cmd = path_to_script\\scriptName.py </CODE></PRE> <P>I know that I can pass arguments to script like following and access arguments as command line arguments in script:</P> <PRE><CODE>props.conf [source::C:\\location\*.*] invalid_cause=archive unarchive_cmd = path_to_script\\scriptName.py argument1 argument2 </CODE></PRE> <P>Please help me how to pass source path(the location of the new file,<BR />which is triggering the call of script) to script.</P> Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:45:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/How-to-pass-a-source-path-to-a-script/m-p/487241#M8709 jeswin96 2020-06-07T18:45:45Z