Why do you print to stderr in perl? https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/guidelines.html#PLUGOUTPUT
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:11 PM Pierre Couderc <pie...@couderc.eu> wrote: > Having this message with a debian plugin, I have tried a minimum example > : plugin on the "client" in a /home/nagios : > > > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ ls -lh > total 8.0K > -rwxrwxrwx 1 nagios nagios 48 Mar 8 07:08 check_bash > -rwxrwxrwx 1 nagios nagios 73 Mar 10 09:26 check_pl > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ cat check_bash > #!/bin/bash > > echo "CRITICAL-pc " > exit 2 > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ cat check_pl > #!/usr/bin/perl > # > # > # > use strict; > print STDERR "CRITICAL-pc\n"; > exit(2); > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ ./check_pl > CRITICAL-pc > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ echo $? > 2 > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ ./check_bash > CRITICAL-pc > nagios@server:/home/nagios$ echo $? > 2 > > When executed on the nagios "server" : > > root@nagios:~# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H 192.168.163.1 -c > check_bash > CRITICAL-pc > root@nagios:~# /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_nrpe -H 192.168.163.1 -c > check_pl > NRPE: Unable to read output > > What do I miss ....? > > Why perl (or python...) plugin does not work ? > > Thanks for any help > > PC > > > > -- Beware of programmers who carry screwdrivers!
