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Enabling Logs for File Watch Jobs

Enabling Logs for File Watch Jobs

When JAMS needs to watch for a file using an Agent, it creates a temporary, hidden job that it sends to the Agent. By default, the log file for these jobs is disabled. You may need to enable these log files to resolve issues with Agent file watches. To do that:

Make sure that your Common.config file specifies a valid TempDirectory. Here is an example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<appSettings>
    <add key="TempDirectory" value="C:\Temp\"/>
    <add key="ErrorEMail" value="Joe@mvpsi.com"/>
    <add key="ConnectionString" value="Server=...
</appSettings>

You need to make sure that the TempDirectory key is there and that it points to a valid directory.

Start the JAMSDebugger.exe application. This tools lets you make configuration changes to the JAMS Services without restarting the service. Pull down the "Options" menu and pick "Settings". Scroll down until you find Service Name JAMSExecutor and Name FileWatch. Change the Setting to Verbose. Click OK.

This change only lasts until the JAMSExecutor is restarted. If you want to make the change permmanent, edit the JAMSExecutor.exe.config file and add:

<add name="FileWatch" Value="Verbose" />

to the existing list in the <system.diagnostics><switches>.

The JAMS Executor will now create a log file in the temp directory for every Agent file watch job. The file name will be FileWatch_GUID.log (where GUID is a random Guid).

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