Hi, I need to parse a log file that I will be using a UNC path for. It is a log file say on a Windows system. I need to just parse the log for a string called lets say "Error: This is an error" and I need to pump out the occurences of this error to a separate file. They key is I need it to pick up where the last error was found. In other words not to start reparsing the file from the beginning..thank you very much.... One further update....sorry folks....#####NEW POST####### Hi, I am trying to create some code that can trap errors and put them out to an external file. This code needs to be able to go out and look at the timestamp of an error and then from there determine if this error has been seen already and if it has ignore it otherwise add it to this external file and if it is a new alert to email someone (have the email code I think). If it finds an error basically it searches for an error with an older timestamp. basically I want to trap errors in a log and output them to the file as a way of monitoring and metrics.....Thanks for your help..

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