# Watch folder for particular files
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043
**Category:** General
**Created:** [26 December 2020 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043 "2020-12-26T17:33:34Z")
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### Author:  [@bigmac5753](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bigmac5753)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 17:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/1 "2020-12-26T17:33:34Z")
I want to periodically scan a smb share folder for any files with a particular extension. If those files exist, report back with their filenames.... how can I do this?
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 17:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/2 "2020-12-26T17:35:38Z")
You can do that with the nide-red-contrib-fs-ops nodes.
Edit, your topic says watch but description says scan. Watching is quite different to scanning.
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### Author:  [@bigmac5753](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bigmac5753)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 17:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/3 "2020-12-26T17:37:57Z")
sorry, I want it to periodically check the folder. I tried fs-ops but I think it can only see the local filesystem, I want to check a smb share.
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 17:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/4 "2020-12-26T17:40:09Z")
I have used fs-ops for UNC path.
Are you are trying to access a mapped drive?
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### Author:  [@bigmac5753](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bigmac5753)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 17:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/5 "2020-12-26T17:41:38Z")
I'm running node-red in an unraid docker container - I want to access one of the shares on the same unraid server
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 18:18 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/6 "2020-12-26T18:18:45Z")
So you will need to establish if the container can access the share. If the container can access the path, then fs-ops can.
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### Author:  [@bigmac5753](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/bigmac5753)
#### Post date: [26 December 2020 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/7 "2020-12-26T19:51:28Z")
Thanks, all working now
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 January 2021 19:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/watch-folder-for-particular-files/38043/8 "2021-01-09T19:51:37Z")
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