On Feb 27, 2008, at 3:45 AM, Hari Sekhon wrote: > Marc Powell wrote: >> The plugin output text is completely arbitrary. Nagios only really >> cares >> about the exit code and that there's only one line of plugin output, >> whatever it is > Yes quite right, but standardization of output is nice for coherence > and > to give a more professional unified feel.
Yup, that's why guidelines exist. > Do you have any preference between the two? There seems to > unfortunately > be a mix between the two styles. > I'd vote for the "SERVICENAME SERVICESTATUS: Informational text" > format > like "DISK OK: / is 50% full" ... I use this format in plugins I write. -- Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
