1 title: Age and size of files
2 agents: windows, linux, freebsd, macosx, solaris, aix
7 This check monitors the size and age of specific files
8 in the target host's filesystem.
9 You can set lower and upper
10 limits on both the modification time and the size of
11 a file. When the file is missing then the check will
14 This check needs some configuration in the agent,
15 as the agent needs to know the information about
16 which files need to be sent.
18 Currently Windows, Linux, FREEBSD, MACOSX and Solaris
19 agents supports this type of check.
21 For windows, the configuration is done in {check_mk.ini} in
22 the section {[fileinfo]}. Put one or more entries of the
23 format {path = C:\Some Dir\*.log} into this
24 section. The agent will send all files that match
25 the pattern. Wildcards are only allowed in the
26 filename part, not in the directory path.
28 For Linux, FREEBSD, MACOSX and Solaris the configuration
29 is done via {fileinfo.cfg} located in the {$MK_CONFDIR}
30 (usually {/etc/check_mk/fileinfo.cfg}). To add files to
31 the check, simply add one path pattern {/tmp/*.log} per line.
32 Wildcards or patterns can be used as usual on the console.
35 The complete path name of the file is sent by
36 the agent (this is case sensitive even when monitoring
39 Please note: when referring to the item in {check_parameters},
40 make sure that backslashes (contained in Windows paths) are
41 properly quoted. You need one escape level for the Python
42 string and one for the regular expression. If you prefix the
43 Python string with a {r}, then just the regular expression
44 needs its double backslash (see examples). Without the {r} you
45 would need four backslashes in a row in order to denote one
46 backslash in the file's path.
49 For each file that the agent sends one service will