Re: [monit] syntax error 'then'

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

On 23. aug.. 2008, at 01.59, Len Conrad wrote:

> monit version 4.10.1
>
> FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
>
> monit is working great, except for:
>
>
> stupid simple, follows exactly the syntax in the monit doc (I think):
>
> check file q_incoming with path /var/db/postfix/q_size_incoming
> if size > 1000 then alert

You need to specify a unit for size such as B, KB or MB. That is;

if size > 1000 MB then alert

I see that the manual [1] says that unit is optional and if not  
specified defaults to byte, this is not true though and unit is  
mandatory. Not sure if we should change the manual or the parser :-)

[1] http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/manual.php#file_size_testing

> /usr/local/etc/rc.d/monit restart
>
> Performing sanity check on monit configuration:
> /usr/local/etc/monit.conf:67: Error: syntax error 'then'

Ps. Using the option -t to monit can also be used to verify control  
file syntax