[Nagiosplug-help] check_disk Percentage?

[Arnold Cano]

Jim,

Just add the percent sign to your values and it will work as expected.

Arnold

On Thu, 2004-04-01 at 13:02, Jim Matthews wrote:
> Hi
> 
> How do I use check_disk to monitor the percentage of disk space?  The 
> --help shows that the value can either be a percentage or an integer.  How 
> do you differentiate? 
> 
> check_disk (nagios-plugins 1.3.0) 1.7
> Usage: check_disk -w limit -c limit [-p path | -x device] [-t timeout] 
> [-m] [-e] [--verbose]
>        check_disk (-h|--help)
>        check_disk (-V|--version)
> 
> Options:
>  -w, --warning=INTEGER
>    Exit with WARNING status if less than INTEGER kilobytes of disk are 
> free
>  -w, --warning=PERCENT%
>    Exit with WARNING status if less than PERCENT of disk space is free
>  -c, --critical=INTEGER
>    Exit with CRITICAL status if less than INTEGER kilobytes of disk are 
> free
>  -c, --critical=PERCENT%
>    Exit with CRITCAL status if less than PERCENT of disk space is free
> 
> Here's my system:
>  % df -k
> Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0    5038454 4236683  751387    85%    /
> 
> % ./check_disk -w 20 -c 10 /
> DISK OK [752116 kB (15%) free on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s0]
> 
> Shouldn't that command generate a warning as I have less than 20% free?
> 
> Thanks.
> ---------------------
> Jim Matthews 
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