Hi,
Monit < 5.7 supported only path to script - not arguments.
Monit 5.7+ has support for inlined arguments in check program. Monit 5.7
changelog excerpt:
--8<--
New: Arguments added to 'check program'. Arguments are whitespace
separated strings. For instance:
check program list-files with path "/bin/ls -l -r -t /tmp"
if status != 0 then alert
--8<--
Regards,
Martin
> On 01 Dec 2014, at 11:09, Ben Soot <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi there
>
> Using monit 5.4 on debian wheezy:
>
> I have the following line in my monitrc file, to alert when a error log is
> present:
>
>
> check program err_file_exists with path "/bin/ls /home/foo/err.log"
> if status = 0 then alert
>
> This gives me a warning:
>
>
> ~$ sudo monit -t /etc/monit/monitrc
> /etc/monit/monitrc:80: Warning: Program does not exist: '"/bin/ls
> /home/foo/err.log"'
>
> And also it does not alert me when the file is present so basically does not
> work.
>
> I cannot figure out what is wrong in the syntax? I am using monit 5.4.
>
>
>
> Thanks Ben
>
>
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