Regular Expression Wildcard in Filename

[ROBEL_IT]

Hello,

my goal could not be easier, but i cannot get it working.

• modified check_mk.user.yml fileinfo to search for C:\Windows\Temp*.VHDX
• tested checkmk client output > file gets displayed in the testoutput
• made a ned enforced service > Size and Age of single-file BUT i cannot figure out how to regular express to wildcard in the filename. Currently its C:\Windows\Temp*.VHDX which does not work. I also added $ to the end an tried multiple writing, but it seems this is beond my brain.

I just want to monitor when there is a .vdhx File under C:\Windows\Temp

Please someone enlighten me, thanks!

[tosch (Tobias Schönau)]

Hi @ROBEL_IT and welcome to the checkmk community.

I guess your problem is related to the fact, that a backslash has a special meaning within reqular expressions. Try to escape your backslashes with backslashes. Also dots have special meanings and need to be escaped too. It should look like C:\\Windwos\\Temp.*\.VHDX

EDIT: I mostly use the following page to test my regular expressions: regex101: build, test, and debug regex

[ROBEL_IT]

Hi Tosch,
i fogot to answer. It worked, thank you very much

[tosch (Tobias Schönau)]

Can you please mark the answer as the solution if it solved your problem?