I'm using Hobbit to monitor a list of files using the FILE test for size, owner, group and mode. However, if a filename contains a literal # then Hobbit reports <No data> on the CGI page for that file. Also, alerting doesn't work if the file tests fail.

client-local.cfg: [testserver.foo.com] file:find /path/to/files/ -type f

hobbit-clients.cfg: HOST=testserver.foo.com FILE %/path/to/files/.* yellow size<8M owner=daemon group=root mode=664

The CGI page shows all of the files in the directory correctly, including files with a '#' in their names, so I believe the 'find' command is working correctly. I don't know if the problem is with my regex glob of %/path/to/files/.* or if it is in the underlying checks that the hobbit client does on the files themselves.

Thanks,

-Paul

Paul Barton http://www.moonkhan.org paul at moonkhan.org "Black holes are where God divided by zero."