[Xymon] /var/core/ files

[Nick Pettefar]

Thanks Martin, I'll give that a try.

Regards,

Nick Pettefar


On 8 August 2013 16:06, Ward, Martin <Martin.Ward at colt.net> wrote:

>  Hi Nick,****
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> In the analysis.cfg file you can test for the existence or otherwise of a
> file or files. The section from the man page is:****
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> ----****
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>      FILE filename [color] [things to check] [TRACK]****
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>      DIR  directoryname  [color]  [size<MAXSIZE]   [size>MINSIZE]****
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>      [TRACK]****
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>      These entries control the status of the "files" column. They****
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>      allow  you  to  check  on  various data for files and direc-****
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>      tories.****
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>      filename and directoryname are  names  of  files  or  direc-****
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>      tories,  with  a full path. You can use a regular expression****
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>      to match the names of files and directories reported by  the****
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>      client, if you prefix the expression with a '%' character.****
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> ----****
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> Since you want the non-existance of a core file to be green you could
> create an entry like this:****
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> HOST=*****
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>   FILE=/var/core/* red noexist****
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> Which should report the FILE column as green if nothing exists in
> /var/core and red if anything appears.****
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> I haven’t tried this so you may need to poke at it a little, but hopefully
> it will give you a starting point.****
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> |\/|****
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> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Nick
> Pettefar
> *Sent:* 08 August 2013 15:44
> *To:* xymon
> *Subject:* [Xymon] /var/core/ files****
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> Is there a way to be alerted if any core files are created in /var/core/
> (Solaris 10)?  Just the presence of any core* file is sufficient.
> ****
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> Regards,
>
> Nick Pettefar****
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