Re: "check file" not working as expected

[Martin Pala]

Hi Tim,

this problem is fixed in the upcoming Monit release (5.21.0): 
https://bitbucket.org/tildeslash/monit/issues/547/monit-check-file-do-not-read-file-content

Best regards,
Martin


> On 23 Feb 2017, at 15:58, <address@hidden> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we use monit to monitor application logfiles for certain strings like that:
> 
> check file appl1-log with path /some/where/appl1-log
> if match "whatever" then alert
> 
> In case of a database maintenance, we set any of these to "unmonitor", e.g. 
> "monit unmonitor appl1-log", so that we don't get flooded unnecessarily with 
> unwanted mails. That works.
> 
> But if we monitor them again after maintenance is finished, then we always 
> get a mail for matches that were found in the meantime. I expected the search 
> to be started at the end of the file when running "monit monitor appl1-log". 
> How can I achieve that?
> 
> Regards
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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