UNIX Drive Space Warning Cron.

Using your favorite editor, create the following file as /usr/local/sbin/drivespace.sh


#!/bin/sh

# changeable variables: 
ds=95           		# Drive space percentage to worry about.
path="/dev/ad0" 		# Drive path to check.
emailTo="some@address.com"	# Email address for the alerts.

# values is an array holding only the Capacity - a percentage of used space.
values="$(df | grep $path | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//')"

# Loop through the above values. Check if any are larger than the drive space variable from above.
for value in $values
        do
                if [ $value -gt $ds ]; then
                        # Found. Email a warning then exit.
                        df -h | /usr/bin/mail -s "Drive Space Warning" $emailTo
                        exit
                fi
        done

Note that running the df command by itself gives the following output:


# df
Filesystem                      Size   Used  Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ad0s1a                     252M    93M   139M    40%    /
/dev/ad0s1g                     8.9G   442K   8.2G     0%    /home
/dev/ad0s1e                     8.9G    12K   8.2G     0%    /tmp
/dev/ad0s1h                     8.9G   609M   7.6G     7%    /usr
/dev/ad0s1f                     8.9G    12M   8.1G     0%    /var
/dev/ad0s1d                      36G   500M    32G     1%    /web
procfs                          4.0K   4.0K     0B   100%    /proc

Whereas df | grep $path | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//' gives only:


# df | grep /dev/ad0 | awk '{print $5}' | sed 's/%//'
40
0
0
7
0
1

Next change the permissions on the file to allow for execute.


# chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/drivespace.sh

We can test the file by directly running the script from the command line.


# /usr/local/sbin/drivespace.sh
#

No output should occur. IF there is a drive space issue, check the email account entered within the code. Once we are satisfied as to its function, we can then add this to the crontab for daily execution.


# crontab -e

Esc  menu       ^P   prev page  ^K   del char   ^O   end of lin ^Y   adv word   ^G^P prev buff  ^G^V forward
^E   command    ^L   del line   ^G^K und char   ^U   mark       ^Z   replace    ^G^X fmt parag  ^G^R reverse
^T   top of txt ^G^L und line   ^F   search     ^X   cut        ^G^Z repl prmpt ^G^X fmt parag  ^G^B append
^B   end of txt ^W   del word   ^G^F srch prmpt ^C   copy       ^G^C clear line ^A   adv char   ^G^D prefix
^N   next page  ^G^W und word   ^D   beg of lin ^V   paste      ^G^N next buff  ^G^Y prev word  ^R   redraw
 ^ = Ctrl key  ---- access HELP through menu ---============================================================

The format for the date/ time of execution is as follows:


*   *   *   *   *  command to be executed
-   -   -   -   -
|   |   |   |   |
|   |   |   |   +----- day of week (1 - 7) (monday = 1)
|   |   |   +------- month (1 - 12)
|   |   +--------- day of month (1 - 31)
|   +----------- hour (0 - 23)
+------------- min (0 - 59)

So to execute hourly, on the hour, we would add the following:


0 * * * * 	/usr/local/sbin/drivespace.sh

After adding the above and saving, you can run the following to verify:


# crontab -l

# Drive space checker running hourly
0 * * * *      /usr/local/sbin/drivespace.sh