[checkmk-commits] Check_MK Git: check_mk: Added linux related infos to fileinfo manpage

Module: check_mk Branch: master Commit: a677423faf897e15f79179e800d684c8138af098 URL: http://git.mathias-kettner.de/git/?p=check_mk.git;a=commit;h=a677423faf897e… Author: Lars Michelsen <lm(a)mathias-kettner.de> Date: Thu Jan 17 13:59:51 2013 +0100 Added linux related infos to fileinfo manpage --- checkman/fileinfo | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/checkman/fileinfo b/checkman/fileinfo index 2b8ed98..506362d 100644 --- a/checkman/fileinfo +++ b/checkman/fileinfo @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ title: Check age and size of files -agents: windows +agents: windows, linux author: Mathias Kettner <mk(a)mathias-kettner.de> license: GPL distribution: check_mk @@ -15,14 +15,20 @@ description: as the agent needs to know the information about which files need to be sent. - Currently only the Windows agent supports this type - of check. Configuration is done in {check_mk.ini} in - the section {[fileinfo]}. Put one or more entries - of the format {path = C:\Some Dir\*.log} into this + Currently the linux and windows agents supports this type + of check. + + For windows, the configuration is done in {check_mk.ini} in + the section {[fileinfo]}. Put one or more entries of the + format {path = C:\Some Dir\*.log} into this section. The agent will send all files that match the pattern. Wildcards are only allowed in the filename part, not in the directory path. + For linux, the configuration is done via {fileinfo.cfg} located + in the {$MK_CONFDIR} (usually {/etc/check_mk/fileinfo.cfg}). + To add files to the check, simply add one path pattern per line. + item: The complete path name of the file as sent by the agent (this is case sensitive even when monitoring