check_leak

h1. Overview

check_leak is a "Nagios":http://www.nagios.org/ plugin in Perl, that monitors process memory usage. It emits warnings before the system is overloaded

h1. Getting the source code

Download the source on the git repository with the command:

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git clone git://piggledy.org/check_leak

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h1. Documentation

Arguments:

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Syntax:

	check_leak -a

	check_leak -m <mem> -w <warning time> -c <critical time>

	Options:

	-a		Show all leaking processes

	-m		Memory limit of the system in Mo

	-w		Time to emit a warning notification in hours before the used memory reaches the memory limit

	-c		Time to emit a critical notification in hours before the used memory reaches the memory limit

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In order to predict when the system will be totally overloaded, check_leak keeps track of memory consumption information in a file in /tmp/cheak_leak_data.