NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Change Monitor

[KynloStephen66515]

Ill expand on this in the morning, just wanted to get the basic idea down before I forget!

Monitor, Track, and Document ALL Folder and file moves across all HDD's.

EG: 

If I move a folder named "Photos" which contains 3 other folders with X files in, and the folder has X files in, the software will track exactly where that folder and all its contents has been moved to, and store them in a log listed by date and time.

So basically, if I move a file on the 12th October, and forget where I put it, but know roughly when it was moved (even if its only a "It was last month I think", you can search for any file and folder changes in that month.

Should have a powerful search option, should also have a folder content listing, so you can see what files where in said folders.

This should track EVERY MOVEMENT of EVERY FILE AND FOLDER

Anyway, like I said, ill explain more tomorrow.  If I didn't write this now, I would have totally forgotten!

[barney]

It'll be of interest to see whether you want mealtime tracking, or, say, a twenty-four  hour summary, i.e., a regular scan to determine - and log - current location, or an activity summary scan.  That latter one could get pretty intense, methinks  .

[cranioscopical]

whether you want mealtime tracking, or, say, a twenty-four  hour summary, i.e., a regular scan to determine - and log - current location, or an activity summary scan.  That latter one could get pretty intense

A  real dog's dinner 

[KynloStephen66515]

It'll be of interest to see whether you want mealtime tracking, or, say, a twenty-four hour summary, i.e., a regular scan to determine - and log - current location, or an activity summary scan.  That latter one could get pretty intense, methinks  .

Perhaps having an option for both would be fun, but realtime seems the most realistic

[skwire]

Stephen, there are many folder monitoring applications out there.  Here's a few:

http://www.technixupdate.com/7-free-tools-to-monitor-folder-changes/

http://www.deventerprise.net/Projects.aspx
http://www.watchdirectory.net/
http://blueproject.ro/systracer/
http://www.classic-software.ro/Files/HDD-Profiler.html
http://www.monkeyjob.com/FoldMonk.html
http://leelusoft.blogspot.com/2010/07/watch-4-folder-22.html

Do none of these fit the bill?

[mouser]

Seems like there are plenty of folder monitor tools, but they seem to fall into 2 camps:

• Watch for activity in order to take some action when it occurs
• Watch for activity in order to diagnose some issue

What seems different and interesting about stephen's request is the idea for a more permanent watcher, whose job is to log certain activity in a permanent store that can be sorted and searched perhaps months later.

[Stoic Joker]

Monitor, Track, and Document ALL Folder and file moves across all HDD's.

Should have a powerful search option, should also have a folder content listing, so you can see what files where in said folders.

This should track EVERY MOVEMENT of EVERY FILE AND FOLDER

When I put these three together I see some serious security implications regarding data leakage. File names might not seem important, but much can be gleened from them especially when (long names allow...) users are a bit too specific.