Re: file size check not working

[Len Conrad]

I RTFM and changed "100 b" to "100 B" and it works.

Len



At 04:16 PM 4/21/2015, you wrote:
>Hi Len, i cannot reproduce the problem … which Monit vversion it is? (monit 
>-V) Added the following configuration to monitrc:   check file test with path 
>/tmp/test             if size > 200 B then alert Then created test file and 
>appended some bytes during several monit cycles (verbose mode output): —8<— 
>'test' file exists 'test' is as a regular file or socket 'test' size check 
>succeeded [current size=10 B] 'test' file exists 'test' is a regular file or 
>socket 'test' size check succeeded [current size=20 B] 'test' file exists 
>'test' is a regular file or socket 'test' size check succeeded [current 
>size=30 B] 'test' file exists 'test' is a regular file or socket 'test' size 
>check succeeded [current size=40 B] 'test' file exists 'test' is a regular 
>file or socket 'test' size check succeeded [current size=90 B] 'test' file 
>exists 'test' is a regular file or socket 'test' size check succeeded [current 
>size=100 B] 'test' file exists 'test' is a regular file or socket 'test' size 
>check 
succeeded [current size=110 B] 'test' file exists 'test' is a regular file or 
socket 'test' size check succeeded [current size=200 B] 'test' file exists 
'test' is a regular file or socket 'test' size test failed for /tmp/test -- 
current size is 210 B —8<â— Please can you run monit in verbose mode and 
collect the output for this file check? Regards, Martin > On 18 Apr 2015, at 
17:11, Len Conrad <address@hidden> wrote: > > I write a file with the number of 
bytes equaling the number of msgs in the postfix deferred queue > > monit 
checks: > > check file postfix_q_deferred with path 
/var/db/postfix/q_size_deferred > if size > 200 B then alert > > but it 
fails/succeeds when the file size is above/below 100 bytes.  > > I wrote a log 
file to write the time + file size: > > 06:30 91 > 06:35 95 > 06:35 95 > 06:35 
95 > 06:40 99 > 06:40 99 > 06:45 99 > 06:45 99 > 06:45 99 > 06:50 101  < 
alerted here > 06:50 101 > 06:55 101 > 06:55 101 > 06:55 101 > 07:00 111 > 
07:00 111 > 07:05 111 >
 07:05 111 > > I got a monit alert at 06:50, as always get a fail/succeed alert 
for the 100 B file size. > > help! > > Len > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > 
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