Re: Monit $ Bash wrong exit value?

[Martin Pala]

yes

You can add echo to print some error message before exit, but the exit value is 
what is checked by Monit


On 05 Jun 2014, at 13:50, Martin Vaner <address@hidden> wrote:

> So if i understand correctly, i should have something like "exit 1" instead 
> of  "echo $errorcount".
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> On 5. 6. 2014 13:48, Martin Pala wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Monit check for exit value - not output (echo vs. exit).
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 05 Jun 2014, at 13:45, Martin Vaner <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello all,
>>> i have a one little problem. I have bash script, which look like this 
>>> (somebody have already seen it here).
>>> 
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> errorcount=`tail -n 10 contego.log | grep "Error" | wc -l`
>>> if [ $errorcount -gt 0 ]; then
>>> echo $errorcount
>>> else
>>> echo 0
>>> fi
>>> 
>>> When i run the scrip from the console, and the file contego.log contains 
>>> "Error" word,  the output is:
>>> address@hidden:/mnt/vouchers# ./logtest.sh
>>> 10
>>> 
>>> But Monit still working with exit value 0, so it doesn't send alerts when 
>>> the file contains 10 Errors.
>>> 
>>> Program                                   'contego_errors'
>>> status                                        Status ok
>>> monitoring status                Monitored
>>> last started                             Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:28:28
>>> last exit value                       0
>>> data collected                       Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:28:28
>>> 
>>> The monit config is look like this:
>>> 
>>> check program contego_errors with path /mnt/vouchers/logtest.sh
>>>     if status != 0 then alert
>>> 
>>> Do you have some tips, how to get this to work?
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Martin
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