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Add File Date Info to Monitored File Date

hartfoml
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I have a folder that a user puts files in on a semi regular bases. I monitor the folder for new files and put the items in the file into a separate index to use for search. I dedup the events before doing the search so that I don't search for any event twice even if the entry is put in the index twice because the event is in multiple files in the folder. I would like to add the file date to each event in the file so that I know when an event was created. the date on the file is the creation date not the date of index.

How can I add the file date onto each event in the file that is being indexed?

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Ayn
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If file date == index date, just use the field _indextime which holds this information.

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Ayn
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If file date == index date, just use the field _indextime which holds this information.

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hartfoml
Motivator

In most cases the file date will be the _indextime date field. the file may be created and moved into the folder on different dates. the file may be created on 5/22 but not put in the folder till 5/23. I would like all the events in the file to have the 5/22 origination date not the indexed date. Thanks for the tip and I will use the _indextime unless anyone else has a suggestion.

Thanks Ayn

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