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I've searched on many forums but I can't get this to work!
I have a log file on my Windows machine that I want to monitor - if not written anything to the file in an hour I'll get a warning.

First tried command: $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c $ARG1$ but I do not know how ARG1 should look like.
I tried to write out the entire command in two ways for testing:

$USER1$/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.11 -c CheckFiles -a path='C:\\Logs\\' pattern='test.log' 'filter=written < -10m' MaxCrit=1

Result code: 3
CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon. Check the remote server logs for error messages.

$USER1$/check_file -t "C:\Logs\test.log" --filter "age lt -1 hours" --rootonly --critical 0

failed. errno is 2: No such file or directory

How should I proceed?
Should I use $ARG1$ or I'll print out the entire command?

Thanks in advance!

$ARG1$ is pulled from the service definition when you define the command. See the screenshot below for reference. Can you provide your whole service definition for us to look at?

Thanks for your reply,

I know, but I don't know how to formulate the ARG1 would it be OK to set ARG1 to:
check_nrpe -t C:\Logs\test.log --filter "age gt -1 hours" --rootonly --critical 0 --compare eq

I have never added a new service/command, I always use the built in like CPU, Memory and disk.

Thank you!

You can have $ARG1$ be anything you want. For instance:

Your command could be:
And then your service could be:


Assuming the code above works for the command line.

Thank you!

I tried the command and got:


_USER1_/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.11 -t 30 -c CheckFiles -a path='C:\\Logs\\' pattern='test.log' 'filter=written < -10m' MaxCrit=1
Result code: UNKNOWN
CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon. Check remote server logs for error messages.

Do you have this check working from the command line?

No, same error..

Have you tried checking the NRPE logs as suggested in the error?

Also, it may be best to post the command you are running, along with the output returned here for us to take a look at. It's hard to troubleshoot without seeing the actual output.

What is the result of executing this at the command line:
Can you please provide your nsclient.ini file

Thanks for reply.

Where can I find the NRPE logs? I can't find any logs on C:\ drive or under client folder on the host.

The command looks like this:

Command:
$USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -t 30 $ARG1$

Service:
-c CheckFiles -a path='C:\\Logs\\' pattern='test.log' 'filter=written < -10m' MaxCrit=1

When I run "$USER1$/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.11" it says:

_USER1_/check_nrpe -H 192.168.1.11
Result code: 0
I seem to be doing fine....