Re: Monitor the number of files in a directory?

[Edward A. Muller]

FYI: I ended up using the following script...

#!/bin/bash
LIMIT=50
NUM=`ls -l <file> | wc -l`
if [ $NUM -gt $LIMIT ]
  the
    touch <other file>
  fi

This way I can use the following monit config...
check file mailman_qfiles with path <other file>
  start program = ....
  stop program = ...
  if changed timestamp then restart

----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Metcalf <address@hidden>
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Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2007 1:54:19 PM GMT-0600 US/Central
Subject: Re: Monitor the number of files in a directory?

I like that idea. You could use the same model for arbitrary
monitoring scripts, it would seem.

- Chris

On 1/7/07, Pavel Urban <address@hidden> wrote:
> Edward A. Muller wrote:
> > Any idea on how I can use monit to monitor the number of files in a 
> > directory?
> >
> > Mailman for some of our customers goes bonkers sometimes and just stops 
> > processing mail in the $MAILMANHOME/qfiles/out directory. Restarting 
> > mailman fixes the problem. I'd like to use monit to restart Mailman should 
> > the number of files in the qfiles/out directory reaches something like 50 
> > or 100 files.
> >
>
> #!/bin/bash
> LIMIT=your_limit
> NUM=`ls -1 directory |wc -l`
> if [ $NUM -lt $LIMIT ]
> then
> touch /var/tmp/flagfile
> fi
>
> run this script via cron (for example, every 20 minutes) and do
> timestamp check on /var/tmp/flagfile (or any file you decide).
>
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Edward Muller
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