exclude_period is not processed in configuration file

[Konstantin 'Kastus' Shchuka]

I'm trying to configure exclude_period for some services and it does not work.

This is an extract of my configuration file:

watch test2
        service telnet
        description test of exclude
        interval 1m
        monitor tcp.monitor -p 23
        exclude_period hr {11am} min {41-45}
        period _ANYTIME_
                alert snpp.alert _UNIXONCALL_PAGER_
                alert netpage.alert _MY_ATT_

This one produces an error :

Error in config file found:

cf error: unknown syntax [exclude_period hr {11am} min {41-45}], line 350


If I put exclude_period line after "period" line, there are no errors,
but service is being tested within excluded period.

If I try to put the exclude line right after "service" line, I get the same
unknown syntax error.

I browsed the mon code for exclude_period string, and I got puzzled by the following:

                elsif ($var eq "exclude_period" && inPeriod (time, $args) == -1)
                {
                    close (CFG);
                    return "cf error: malformed exclude_period '$args' (the specified 
time period is not valid as per Time::Period::inPeriod), line $line_num";
                }

                else
                {
                    close (CFG);
                    return "cf error: unknown syntax [$l], line $line_num";
                }

                $sref->{$var} = $args;

I think this construction is incorrect. If $var is "exclude_period" and
period in the $args is specified correctly, else part executes producing
"unknown syntax" error message. The statement setting exclude_period in $sref hash
is never executed. 

This is the only place processing exclude_period from configuration file that I found.

I'm using version $ProjectVersion: mon-0-99-2.6 $
$ProjectDate: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 10:07:44 -0400 $

Is it a bug or what? 

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Konstantin 'Kastus' Shchuka
Unix System Administrator
ePocrates Inc.
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