OneSight Administrator Guide

Configuring Log File, Directory Monitors
File/Directory Name – Specifies the path to the log file or
directory that you want to monitor. For example,
c:\temp|mlog.txt.
Metric Type – Select the type of metric. The metric types that
are available depend on the type of monitor you are using:
Log File Monitor
Perl Expression – select this option when you want to use a
Perl expression to collect numerical performance data from a
log file entry.
Number of Matching Records – this metric returns the number
of records that match the entered Perl expression.
File/Directory Existence – this metric returns a one when the
file or directory exists, otherwise, it returns a sample failure.
File/Directory Size – this metric returns the size of the file or
directory.
Total Records Encountered Since Last Sample – this metric
returns the number of records written to the log file since the
last sample.
Time Since Last Modified – this metric returns the length of
time since the log file was changed.
Directory Monitor
File/Directory Existence – this metric returns whether the file
or directory exists.
File/Directory Size – this metric returns the file or directory
size.
Number of Folders – this metric returns the number of folders
in the directory.
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