CheckFileCountWithPerf

Project Notes

Plugin for Nagios to monitor how many files a directory contain

Written by Bernd Mueller (http://www.lisega.de/)

Change History
2011/12/27 -- Added perf data for graphing
- Mike Clark, Masergy Communications, Inc (www.masergy.com)

You are free to use this script under the terms of the Gnu Public License.
No guarantee - use at your own risc.

Usage: ./check_nomoffiles -d <path> -w <warn> -c <crit>

Description:

This plugin determines the number of files in a directory
and compares it with the supplied thresholds.

Output:

The plugin prints the Count of Files in the directory followed by "ok" or either "warning" or "critical" if the corresponing threshold is reached.

Exit Codes
0 OK Directory Count of files checked and everything is ok
1 Warning Directory Count of files above "warning" threshold
2 Critical Directory Count of files above "critical" threshold
3 Unknown Invalid command line arguments or could not determine directory size

Example: check_numoffiles -d . -w 1000 -c 1400

121 Files in . - ok|files=121;1000;1400 (exit code 0)
1234 Files in . - warning|files=1234;1000;1400 (exit code 1)
1633 Files in . - critical|files=1633;1000;1400 (exit code 2)