files

check_files

Checks files and directories.

• Examples
• Argument Defaults
• Attributes

Implementation

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Examples

Default Check

Alert if there are logs older than 1 hour in /tmp:

check_files path="/tmp" pattern="*.log" "filter=age > 1h" crit="count > 0" empty-state=0 empty-syntax="no old files found" top-syntax="found %(count) too old logs"
OK - All 138 files are ok: (29.22 MiB) |'count'=138;500;600;0 'size'=30642669B;;;0

Check for folder size:

check_files 'path=/tmp' 'warn=total_size > 200MiB' 'crit=total_size > 300MiB'
OK - All 145 files are ok: (34.72 MiB) |'count'=145;;;0 'size'=36406741B;209715200;314572800;0

Example using NRPE and Naemon

Naemon Config

define command{
    command_name         check_nrpe
    command_line         $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -n -c $ARG1$ -a $ARG2$
}

define service {
    host_name            testhost
    service_description  check_files
    use                  generic-service
    check_command        check_nrpe!check_files!'path=/tmp' 'filter=age > 3d' 'warn=count > 500' 'crit=count > 600'
}

Argument Defaults

Argument	Default Value
empty-state	3 (UNKNOWN)
empty-syntax	No files found
top-syntax	%(status) - %(problem_count)/%(count) files (%(total_size)) %(problem_list)
ok-syntax	%(status) - All %(count) files are ok: (%(total_size))
detail-syntax	%(name)

Check Specific Arguments

Argument	Description
file	Alias for path
max-depth	Maximum recursion depth. Default: no limit. ‘0’ disables recursion, ‘1’ includes first sub folder level, etc…
path	Path in which to search for files
paths	A comma separated list of paths
pattern	Pattern of files to search for
timezone	Sets the timezone for time metrics (default is local time)

Attributes

Filter Keywords

these can be used in filters and thresholds (along with the default attributes):

Attribute	Description
path	Path to the file
filename	Name of the file
name	Alias for filename
file	Alias for filename
fullname	Full name of the file including path
type	Type of item (file or dir)
access	Last access time
creation	Date when file was created
size	File size in bytes
written	Date when file was last written to
write	Alias for written
age	Seconds since file was last written
line_count	Number of lines in the files (text files)
total_bytes	Total size over all files in bytes
total_size	Total size over all files as human readable bytes