https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193880#M38622 <P>All,</P> <P>I've looked at a couple prior articles regarding this but can't seem to find any solutions on the Windows side. There is this; <A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/8857/directory-size-question">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/8857/directory-size-question</A></P> <P>However this relies on a script on the local machine creating a log file for Splunk to consume.</P> <P>Is there a way to do this with the forwarder, or through some other mechanism like a native windows log?</P> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:10:50 GMT mcrawford44 2014-01-02T18:10:50Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193880#M38622 <P>All,</P> <P>I've looked at a couple prior articles regarding this but can't seem to find any solutions on the Windows side. There is this; <A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/8857/directory-size-question">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/8857/directory-size-question</A></P> <P>However this relies on a script on the local machine creating a log file for Splunk to consume.</P> <P>Is there a way to do this with the forwarder, or through some other mechanism like a native windows log?</P> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:10:50 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193880#M38622 mcrawford44 2014-01-02T18:10:50Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193881#M38623 <P>To skip the script's logfile you can have Splunk call one directly as a scripted input on your forwarders. Everything printed to stdout will be forwarded to your indexers.</P> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:43:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193881#M38623 martin_mueller 2014-01-02T19:43:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193882#M38624 <P>Could you possibly elaborate? I understand the concept, but could you point me towards an example or documentation?</P> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:41:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193882#M38624 mcrawford44 2014-01-02T20:41:41Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193883#M38625 <P>Sure: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro</A></P> Thu, 02 Jan 2014 20:44:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Windows-Folder-Size-Monitoring/m-p/193883#M38625 martin_mueller 2014-01-02T20:44:18Z