[Xymon] Alerting on the existence of a file with wildcards

[Jeremy Laidman]

I'm guessing the same.  The "^" means to tie to the start of the string,
which makes no sense unless it's at the start of the string.  Try something
like this:

FILE /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile/%^javacore yellow NOEXIST

Note that the regex "^javacore" will match anything starting with
"javacore" no matter what follows.  It's as if there's an implied wildcard
at the end.

J



On 29 December 2012 01:04, Michael Burger
<Mike.Burger at freedommortgage.com>wrote:

> I’ve successfully tested monitoring for the appearance of a statically
> defined file (i.e. no wildcards), and have been happy with the result.****
>
> ** **
>
> I’m now tasked with trying to alarm on the appearance of file where only
> part of the filename will be static, hence the need for wildcards.****
>
> ** **
>
> I’m at the point where the presence of a file causes a green condition,
> and the removal of that file causes a white condition.****
>
> ** **
>
> The client-local.cfg is set up to look like this (the commented lines are
> my various attempts to test/change the behavior):****
>
> ** **
>
> file:`find /opt/WSCluster*/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r`
> ****
>
> #file:`find /opt/WSCluster*/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r
> | head -n 1`****
>
> #file:`find /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore | sort -r
> | head -n 1`****
>
> #file:`find /opt/WSCluster2/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore >
> /dev/null | sort -r | head --lines=1`****
>
> #file:`find /opt/WSCluster3/WebSphere/wp_profile | grep javacore >
> /dev/null | sort -r | head --lines=1`****
>
> log:/var/adm/syslog/syslog.log:10240****
>
> ** **
>
> The analysis.cfg is set up like so (again, commented lines are my attempts
> to test/change the behavior):****
>
> ** **
>
>         FILE /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile/%javacore(^*.) yellow
> NOEXIST****
>
> #       FILE /opt/WSCluster(^*.)/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore(^*.)
> NOEXIST yellow****
>
> #       FILE /opt/WSCluster(^*.)/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore(^*.) yellow
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> I’ve put a test file out,
> /opt/WSCluster1/WebSphere/wp_profile/javacore.mike1, and Xymon is reporting
> green on the file’s existence…which, of course, is not the desired behavior.
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> My guess is that I’m completely bollixing the regex…any thoughts or help
> would be appreciated.****
>
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>
> --****
>
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