check_filecount_dir.pl

                                

        
        

            
            

                

    

    
check_filesize_dir


Perl script to get the number of files in a directory listing and return a Warning or Critical state if the count exceeds the threshold. Script hacked from the check_filesize_dir.pl by Christian Reiter


Check number of Files in a Directory
Useful for Mailboxes, AV, mail queue and similar files.


Synopsis


Flag
        Description
    
-d < DIRECTORY >
        the Directory to check (example: /var/spool/mail)
    
-c < CRITICAL >
        Critical threshold in file count (example: 100)
    
-w < WARNING >
        Warning threshold in file count (example: 75)
    
-h
        displays the Help message
    


Usage:



./check_filesize_dir.pl -d  -w  -c 


Example:



./check_filesize_dir.pl -d /var/spool/mail -w 75 -c 100