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$FileSystemWatcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher | |
$FileSystemWatcher.Path = "C:\temp" | |
Register-ObjectEvent -InputObject $FileSystemWatcher -EventName Created -Action { | |
$Object = "{0} was {1} at {2}" -f $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath, | |
$Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType, | |
$Event.TimeGenerated | |
$Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath | |
############################ Get the last file in the directory and pull its contents | |
$filepath = "C:\temp" | |
$filename = (get-content $filepath | sort CreationTime -Descending | select -last 1).Name | |
$Join = Join-Path -path $filepath -ChildPath $filename | |
$content = Get-Content -Raw $join | out-string | |
############################ Send the message | |
$EmailParams = @{ | |
credential = Import-CliXml -Path 'C:\temp\cred.xml' # this needs to be stored prior with "Get-Credential | Export-CliXml -Path C:\path\cred.xml" | |
From = "[email protected]" | |
To = "[email protected]" | |
Subject = $Object | |
Body = $content | |
SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com" | |
Port = "587" | |
} | |
Send-MailMessage @EmailParams -UseSsl | |
} | |
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