Filestats

Supported Platforms

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux	✓
Windows	✓
macOS	✓

Configuration Table

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
include*	string		The glob path for files to watch.
initial_delay	int	1	The time (seconds) to wait before starting the collection.
collection_interval	int	60	How often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.
metrics	metrics		Which metrics to collect for the included file(s).

Metrics

Name	Unit	Type	Monotonic	Description
file.mtime	seconds	Sum	false	Elapsed time since the last modification of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch.
file.size	bytes	Gauge		The size of the file or folder, in bytes.
file.atime	seconds	Sum	false	Elapsed time since last access of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch.
file.count	int	Gauge		The number of files matched.
file.ctime	seconds	Sum	false	Elapsed time since the last change of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch. In addition to file.mtime, this metric tracks metadata changes such as permissions or renaming the file.

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