[Nagios-users] question about checking the presence of a file in a directory

[Carroll, Jim P [Contractor]]

Where do you wish to execute this check?  Is it a local drive on a Windows
machine?  Is it on a Samba share (mounted from a *nix box)?  Do you already
have Nagios installed anywhere?  What version?  Do you have the plugins
installed on the target machine?  What version?  Are you using NRPE to get
the results from the client machine?  NSClient?  Do you have a specific
filename in mind?  Are you trying to alert if it appears?  Are you trying to
alert if it disappears?  Is it merely the number of files in that directory
that you want to monitor?  Too many?  Too few?  Is it always the same
directory, or are the files sprinkled randomly throughout the filesystem?
Is there a race condition that needs to be taken into consideration?

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jc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amar S. Bhatti [mailto:lzxx4x at linux133.powertrain.mpg.gm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 12:51 PM
> To: netsaint-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] question about checking the presence of a file
> in a directory
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> Hello folks,
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> I need to monitor the presence of certain files in a directory at all
> times. I think they are randomly generated by a program that one of
> our software engineers has developed in microsoft access to check for
> data integrity.
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance for your help.
> 
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> Amar
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