While loop using a timer object

Question

Hello Technet,
I have a file that gets created every night by a batch job and I need to send that file every night. So, I came up with a method (if there's a better way, I'd like to hear). I created a 2 hour timer object to run a while loop. While the time elapsed is less
than 2 hours, the loop will run.  In the loop, I have a if condition to test for a file.  If the file is not there, then sleep for 10 minutes.  If the file is there, then send it to me with send-mailmessage. The problem is, I will get the file
sent to me at every interval because the loop is terminated by the timer. I would like the loop to terminate once the email message is sent to me.  Here is my code snip. Can someone please help on getting the loop to terminate when the message is sent?
$file = "c:\file.txt"
$timeout = new-timespan -hours 2
$sw = [diagnostics.stopwatch]::StartNew()
while ($sw.elapsed -lt $timeout)
if(!(test-path -path "$file1"))
file is not there...yet
start-sleep -seconds 600
else
$SmtpServer = "relay"
$To = "my@emailaddr"
$From = "me@emailaddr"
$Subj = "Got it"
$Attm = "$file1"
$Body = "Please see Attachment"
Send-MailMessage -smtpserver $SmtpServer -from $From -to $To -subject $Subj -body $Body -attachment $Attm

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use break:
http://ss64.com/ps/break.html
EDIT: Alternatively, you can try this:
$filePath = 'c:\file.txt'
$found = $false
Do {
$file = Test-Path -Path $filePath
If ($file) {
Send-MailMessage -To [email protected] -From [email protected] -Subject 'Got it' -Body 'Please see Attachment' -Attachments $filePath -SmtpServer smtp.domain.com
$found = $true
Else {
Start-Sleep -Seconds 600
Until ($found -eq $true)
This will loop until the file is found instead of relying on a timer.
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