[Xymon] analysis.cfg failed alerting

[Josh Luthman]

I changed it to %noticeofpowerfailure.* red noexist and will wait to
see what happens.  Thanks for the clarification.

The check is right.  I tested that earlier with a less complex method.
 If there is any file that comes up with ls noticeofpowerfailure* then
I want to know.  If the file exists, that means there is a site
without power.

Josh Luthman
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Jeremy Laidman
<jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Josh Luthman
> <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
>
>>        FILE    %noticeofpowerfailure* red noexist
>
> You're not using the asterisk (*) correctly for a regular expression.
> It matches zero or more of the previous character, in this case, "e".
> Instead try this:
>
>      FILE    %noticeofpowerfailure.* red noexist
>
> The dot matches anything, and is not a literal dot in regular expressions.
>
> You haven't said what you're trying to do.  The "noexist" check will
> generate an alert if the file exists, which might be counter-intuitive
> depending on your frame of mind.  Is that what you want?
>
> Cheers
> Jeremy