From 1445be23a043eab0411bcf04b09f6b4b84a9b292 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Dolezal <d.dolezal97@protonmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 11:18:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] mv TMP_FILE to borg_exporter.prom and only pars data that got
 fully written

---
 prometheus-borg-exporter/borg_exporter.sh | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prometheus-borg-exporter/borg_exporter.sh b/prometheus-borg-exporter/borg_exporter.sh
index dee8a75..8bd1970 100755
--- a/prometheus-borg-exporter/borg_exporter.sh
+++ b/prometheus-borg-exporter/borg_exporter.sh
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ function findRepositorysAndGetData() {
 }
 
 function sendDataToGatewayOrNodeExplorer() {
-    if ! grep -q '^borg_' "$TMP_FILE"; then
-        echo "No borg metric data collected; keeping previous metrics output untouched."
+    if ! grep -qE '^borg_[a-zA-Z_]+\{[^}]+\} [0-9]' "$TMP_FILE"; then
+        echo "No valid borg metric data collected; keeping previous metrics output untouched."
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function sendDataToGatewayOrNodeExplorer() {
     else
         #send data via node_exporter
         if [ -d "${NODE_EXPORTER_DIR}" ]; then
-            cp "$TMP_FILE" "${NODE_EXPORTER_DIR}/borg_exporter.prom"
+            mv "$TMP_FILE" "${NODE_EXPORTER_DIR}/borg_exporter.prom"
         else
             echo "Please configure either PUSHGATEWAY_URL or NODE_EXPORTER_DIR in /etc/borg_exporter.rc"
         fi