https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Remote-File-Monitoring/m-p/17370#M2216 <P>You should be able to use the file system change monitoring inputs:</P> <P><A href="http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Monitorchangestoyourfilesystem" rel="nofollow">http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Monitorchangestoyourfilesystem</A></P> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:09:29 GMT gkanapathy 2010-07-14T21:09:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Remote-File-Monitoring/m-p/17369#M2215 <P>Is there any way to monitor the attributes of files such as 'Date Created' or 'Modified Date' rather than modify the actual contents of the files? I am currently indexing the path to a shared folder on a remote server using the 'Files and Directories' data input and it is indexing the contents.</P> <P>I am on Splunk ver. 4.1.3. </P> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:57:24 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Remote-File-Monitoring/m-p/17369#M2215 micah1683 2010-07-14T20:57:24Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Remote-File-Monitoring/m-p/17370#M2216 <P>You should be able to use the file system change monitoring inputs:</P> <P><A href="http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Monitorchangestoyourfilesystem" rel="nofollow">http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/Monitorchangestoyourfilesystem</A></P> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:09:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Remote-File-Monitoring/m-p/17370#M2216 gkanapathy 2010-07-14T21:09:29Z