In PowerShell, it's pretty easy to get back the last line of a file and compare
it to a search string. I think you could wrap the following in a batch file
that calls PowerShell - assuming you have or can have PowerShell installed on
your ServersAlive box.
$file = $args[0]
$pattern = $args[1]
if ((Get-Content $file | Select-Object -Last 1) -match $pattern) {
exit 1
}
The script as is would take 2 arguments: 1.) the file you want to query and 2.)
the string to look for. I don't have a quick/easy means of testing this on an
SA installation but it seems as though that would work as an external check - 1
for failure and 0 for success.
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Thanks,
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From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jason Passow
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 3:06 PM
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Subject: [SA-list] File Last Line check
I have a mail server that writes entries to the end of a file. I need to
monitor the last record in that file and if it contains a matching string send
alert with that string. Is there a check written for this or how much would
it cost me to have someone write a com check for this?
Jason Passow
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