[Xymon] File monitoring with `date` in filename

[Rolf Schrittenlocher]

Dear xymon users,

I got stuck while trying to monitor a file which should be updated 
regularly and which has got a timestamp in its name.
"files" on the server remains clear, no data . Could someone tell me 
what is wrong with these settings or what have i forgotten?

On the server we have in
analysis.cfg
HOST=myserver
  FILE    `/home/mypath/log/update_out_$(date +%Y%m%d).txt` MTIME<600 red

in client-local.cfg:
[myserver]
   file:`find /mypath/log/update_out_$(date +%Y%m%d).txt`


I see an entry for this file on the client
in tmp logfetch.myserver.cfg
   file:`find /mypath/log/update_out_$(date +%Y%m%d).txt`

but there is nothing for this file in msg.myserver.txt

File exists and is readable:
   find /home/mypath/log/update_out_$(date +%Y%m%d).txt   -exec ls -l {} \;
   -rw-rw-r--   1 ...      2467070 Sep 26 08:43 
/home/mypath/log/update_out_20130926.txt

In xymonclient.log I see an entry
sh: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected
but I don't know if it is related to the file problem or to anything else.
I know that sh can't deal with $(xy), I tried as well
FILE    /home/mypath/log/update_out_`date +%Y%m%d`.txt MTIME<600 red
but in vain.

Any help appreciated,
kind regards
Rolf


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