# Filestats

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux    | ✓       |      |        |
| Windows  | ✓       |      |        |
| macOS    | ✓       |      |        |

### Configuration Table

<table><thead><tr><th width="179.41015625">Parameter</th><th width="122.98046875">Type</th><th width="104.03125">Default</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>include*</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>The glob path for files to watch.</td></tr><tr><td>initial_delay</td><td><code>int</code></td><td>1</td><td>The time (seconds) to wait before starting the collection.</td></tr><tr><td>collection_interval</td><td><code>int</code></td><td>60</td><td>How often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.</td></tr><tr><td>metrics</td><td><code>metrics</code></td><td></td><td>Which metrics to collect for the included file(s).</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Metrics

<table><thead><tr><th width="99.0234375">Name</th><th width="108.8671875">Unit</th><th width="104.484375">Type</th><th width="127.0703125">Monotonic</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>file.mtime</td><td><code>seconds</code></td><td><code>Sum</code></td><td>false</td><td>Elapsed time since the last modification of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch.</td></tr><tr><td>file.size</td><td><code>bytes</code></td><td><code>Gauge</code></td><td></td><td>The size of the file or folder, in bytes.</td></tr><tr><td>file.atime</td><td><code>seconds</code></td><td><code>Sum</code></td><td>false</td><td>Elapsed time since last access of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch.</td></tr><tr><td>file.count</td><td><code>int</code></td><td><code>Gauge</code></td><td></td><td>The number of files matched.</td></tr><tr><td>file.ctime</td><td><code>seconds</code></td><td><code>Sum</code></td><td>false</td><td>Elapsed time since the last change of the file or folder, in seconds since Epoch. In addition to <code>file.mtime</code>, this metric tracks metadata changes such as permissions or renaming the file.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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