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Nah you can close thanks

Yep you can thanks!

I figured out what the error was. Just added

[/settings/NRPE/server]
allow nasty characters=true

[/settings/external scripts]
allow nasty characters=true

I hate to distract from the great solutions already provided, however NSClient++ has this functionality built in, no need for extra scripts. From my website http://sites.box293.com/nagios/guides/common-checks/files-folders Make Sure Files Exists That Were Modified In The Last Two Hours Check a fold...

jdalrymple wrote:[/settings/external scripts/scripts] section ... you may have to add it.

You may have issues with those arguments too, did you try them from the command line? I didn't dig into the VBS, but it seemed to expect 4 ARGs

Ill look into this and see.

Yep its installed. Just to test, if I am doing it right ./check_nrpe -H crep7 -c check_MostRecentFile -a C:\Sharepoint Reports\running\Reportrun.pdf 1440 No handler for command: check_mostrecentfile # If you want to fill this file with all avalible options run the following command: # nscp settings ...

Specific file but I suppose I could move it to a folder of its own. How do I setup the command for this so that it executes cscript on the server?

The file on said system will be windows.

Having a hard time wraping my head around some of the file checking scripts I have found for example I seen this http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Operating-Systems/Windows-NRPE/check_MostRecentFile/details and I want to basically check one particular file for its age. If the time stamp d...

grr okay thanks