Open Files script

[GrandMasterLee]

Here is the open-files script I hacked out for cacti. It could be trimmed down a bit, but I just took load_avg.pl and now I've got max-files.pl

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#!/usr/bin/perl
#This is max-files.pl

#get load avg for 5;15;30 min
$avg = `cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr`;
$avg =~ s/.*://;
chomp $avg;
$avg =~ s/\t/ /g;

print $avg;

TIA.

--The GrandMaster

[dbenders]

Hi, can you please explain what is the output?

current open files?

[ablyler]

It is the number of files that are currenly opened by the IO of the kernel. This comes in to play in very large enviroments, but is also very cool just to look at.

[dbenders]

I have some linux boxes, is there a SNMP OID to get that info?