ActiveXperts Network Monitor

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NOTE: ActiveXperts Network Monitor ships with a large collection of PowerShell scripts to monitor any aspect of your network. Most PowerShell scripts also have a VBScript implementation. Download Now »

FTP check

You can use any of the Powershell programs below in ActiveXperts Network Monitor. Click here for an explanation about how to include scripts in ActiveXperts Network Monitor.

Example

#################################################################################
# ActiveXperts Network Monitor PowerShell script, © ActiveXperts Software B.V.
# For more information about ActiveXperts Network Monitor, visit the ActiveXperts 
# Network Monitor web site at http://www.activexperts.com
#################################################################################
# Script
#     FTP.ps1
# Description:
#     Login to an FTP server, change the directory and check for file existence.
#     This function uses the ActiveSocket Toolkit, an ActiveXperts product.
#     ActiveSocket is automatically licensed when ActiveXperts Network Monitor is purchased
#     For more information about ActiveSocket, see: www.activexperts.com/network-component
# Parameters:
#     1) strHost - Host name or IP address of the FTP host
#     2) strAccount - FTP account; use #anonymous# for anonymous FTP access
#     3) strPassword - FTP password; use an e-mail address for anonymous FTP access
#     4) strDir - The directory where the file should be located
#     4) strFile - The file to check 
# Usage:
#     .\FTP/ps1 "" "" "" "" ""
# Sample:
#     .\FTP.ps1 "ftp.activexperts-labs.com" "anonymous" "me@myself.me" "Samples/NetworkMonitor" "NetworkMonitor.txt"
#################################################################################

# Parameters
param 
  (
    [string]$strHost,
    [string]$strAccount,
    [string]$strPassword,
    [string]$strDir,
    [string]$strFile
  )

cls

# Check paramters input
if( ([string]$strHost -eq "") -or 
    ([string]$strAccount -eq "") -or 
    ([string]$strPassword -eq "") -or 
    ([string]$strDir -eq "") -or
    ([string]$strFile -eq "")
  )
  {
    $res = "UNCERTAIN: Invalid number of parameters - Usage: .\ftp.ps1   "
    echo $res
    exit
  }

$found = $false

# Create object
$objFtpServer = new-object -comobject ActiveXperts.FtpServer

$objFtpServer.Connect( $strHost, $strAccount, $strPassword )
if( $objFtpServer.LastError -ne 0 )
  {
    return "UNCERTAIN: Login failed, error #" + $objFtpServer.LastError + ": " + $objFtpServer.GetErrorDescription( $objFtpServer.LastError )
    exit
  }


#################################################################################
# THE SCRIPT ITSELF
#################################################################################
    
# Use binary transfer for GetFile calls
$objFtpServer.BinaryTransfer = $true

# Change directory
$objFtpServer.ChangeDir($strDir)

if( $objFtpServer.LastError -ne 0 )
  {
    return  "UNCERTAIN: Failed to change directory, error #" + $objFtpServer.LastError + ": " + $objFtpServer.GetErrorDescription( $objFtpServer.LastError )
    exit
  }

# Iterate over all files
$objFtpFile = $objFtpServer.FindFirstFile()

while ( $objFtpServer.LastError -eq 0 )
  {
    if( $objFtpFile.Name -eq $strFile )
      {
        $found = $true
        $objFtpServer.Disconnect()
      }
     $objFtpFile = $objFtpServer.FindNextFile()
  }

if ( $found -eq $true )
  {
    return "SUCCESS: File [" + $strFile + "] found on FTP server [" + $strHost + "]"
  }
else
  {
    return "ERROR: File [" + $strFile + "] not found on FTP server [" + $strHost + "]"
  } 

$objFtpServer.Disconnect()