Re: File contains with specific word

[Jostein Berntsen]

On 29.06.11,07:15, AJames wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying the execute the following example to check  whenever the log
> file will update with any error message i have to alert. I added the
> following line in my monitrc file.
> 
> check file test.txt  with path /home/sample/test.txt
>            if match
>                 "error" then alert
> 
> Let me know if am wrong any where.

I was just about to post a mail regarding the same issue when I saw this. I have
the exactly same problem:

# File check test
#
check file word with path /home/jostein/word.txt
 if match "Peter.*" then
       alert

This is the message on the monit web report:

Match regex     no
Associated regex        If If match "Peter.*" 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then 
alert
        
Is there any way to resolve this? Other alerts for file directory size and RAM
use and more is working as expected. 

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Jostein