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mobots/README.please

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ use the df.conf.sample to create a config and put this file anywhere on the same
 http://gitorious.org/sn/scripts/trees/master/mobots/df.conf.sample
 
 3. create a cronjob for it
-add a line like this to your /etc/crontab (here the script is executed all 2 minutes)
+add a line like this to your /etc/crontab
 */2 *	* * *	root	/bin/bash --login /path/to/the/script/df.sh /path/to/configfile/df.conf >> /path/to/logfile/df.log
+or (if you use the default configpath /etc/mobots)
+*/5 *   * * *   root    /bin/bash --login /path/to/script/df.sh >> /var/log/df.log
 
 after this you have to restart your cron with something like
 service cron restart

mobots/df.sh

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 ##                                               ##
 ###################################################
 
+## timestamp for logfile
+timestamp=$(date '+%d %B %Y %H:%M')
+echo "info: starting df bot $timestamp"
 
 ## check if sendxmpp is installed
 if [ $(aptitude search sendxmpp | awk '{print $1}') = "i" ]; then
@@ -61,12 +64,13 @@ do
     datathreshold=$(echo $thresholds | awk '{print $'$i'}')
 
     if [ $data -gt $datathreshold ]; then
-        echo "info: $var reached threshold with $data, sending notification"
-        echo "$hostname: $var is running out of space: $data%" | sendxmpp -r dfmobot $watchdogs
+        echo "info: $var reached threshold with $data%, sending notification to $watchdogs"
+        echo "$hostname: $var is running out of space: $data%" | sendxmpp -r dfbot $watchdogs
     fi
     let i++
 done
 
 
 ## exiting
+echo "info: done"
 exit 0