<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks! hm,not the first time I've made that mistake.  <br></div>Appreciate the help!<br></div><div>(one of those days with multiple rush requests at once...)<br></div><div>thanks, Betsy<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:34 PM, J.C. Cleaver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cleaver@terabithia.org" target="_blank">cleaver@terabithia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Wed, September 24, 2014 11:47 am, Betsy Schwartz wrote:<br>
> I have a set of ever-changing-name log files which I want to check for the<br>
> string "ERROR"<br>
><br>
> This works in client-local.cfg, for file metadata:<br>
> file:`ls /vg8_bo3_stats/vg8_stats/top_talkers/server_*/server*`<br>
><br>
> This does not work<br>
> log:`ls /vg8_bo3_stats/vg8_stats/top_talkers/server_*/server*`<br>
><br>
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<br>
</span>The syntax is slightly different between the two...<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/client-local.cfg.5.html" target="_blank">https://www.xymon.com/help/manpages/man5/client-local.cfg.5.html</a><br>
           log:/var/log/messages:SIZE<br>
           file:/var/log/messages[:HASH]<br>
<br>
Just add a buffer size value after your cmd on the log line and you should<br>
be set.<br>
<br>
<br>
HTH,<br>
<br>
-jc<br>
<br>
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