check_logfiles Changelog

What's new in check_logfiles 3.5.1

Jun 9, 2012
  • The parameters --warning and --critical are now possible to allow many new use cases.
  • The option "savestate" was added for searches of type "virtual".
  • They can now save state information between subsequent runs.

New in check_logfiles 3.5 (Apr 24, 2012)

  • The parameter --timeout now aborts running searches in a controlled manner.

New in check_logfiles 3.4.5.2 (Nov 23, 2011)

  • This version adds the options –nostick, --rununique, and $patternfile.
  • The configuration now autodetects several parameters.
  • There are minor bugfixes.

New in check_logfiles 3.4.3 (Jan 20, 2011)

  • Add pid file handling to avoid concurrent processes with –daemon

New in check_logfiles 3.4.2.2 (Oct 4, 2010)

  • add rotation pattern loglog0bz2log1bz2 (Thanks Christian Schulz)
  • add rotation pattern ehl (Thanks Daniel Haist)

New in check_logfiles 3.4.2 (Aug 14, 2010)

  • Bugfix, criticalexceptions now work without criticalpatterns
  • The argument to –tag can now contain special characters (like a file name)

New in check_logfiles 3.1 (Nov 30, 2009)

  • New option allyoucaneat. New option eventlogformat. New (global) option report. More filter options for eventlog entries.

New in check_logfiles 2.5.6 (Mar 27, 2009)

  • Bugfixes in oraclealertlog+sticky, new parameter --macro, new parameter --nocase

New in check_logfiles 2.5.5.2 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • The new option "winwarncrit" uses the event type WARNING/ERROR from the Windows eventlog instead of critical/warning patterns.
  • Another new option is "maxlength", which truncates very long lines in a logfile.

New in check_logfiles 2.5.5.1 (Feb 2, 2009)

  • Native support for the Windows EventLog was added (which requires the Win32-Perl-Module).
  • Multiline-output was added.
  • Pathnames can now contain blanks.

New in check_logfiles 2.4.1.8 (Oct 28, 2008)

  • A bug in scriptparams with CL_TAG was fixed.
  • A bug was fixed in rotating::uniform and macros.
  • A bug was fixed in Windows scriptpath.
  • Relative pathnames for configuration files are now possible.

New in check_logfiles 2.4.1.6 (Sep 10, 2008)

  • A new --environment parameter was added.