Sorry, typo in my cutting and pasted to the email. The FILE file handle is there.
-Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron M. Segura [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:37 PM > To: Tony Rice (trice) > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Problem scheduling downtime externally > > Maybe i'm not familiar enough with perl (I'm not, really), > but it appears to me that you are not writing anything to the > file since your 'print' statement is missing the file handle > argument... > > maybe try > > print FILE "..." > > ?? > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 13:32 -0400, Tony Rice (trice) wrote: > > Perl script looks like this: > > > > open (FILE, ">$cmd_file"); > > print "[$epoch_now] > > > SCHEDULE_HOST_DOWNTIME;$host;$epoch_start;$epoch_stop;0;0;$duration;$u > > se > > rid;$comment\n"; > > close (FILE); > > > > Nothing in the log indicating that this command is making > it anywhere. > > Nothing in the log relevant either. > > > > -Tony > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Aaron M. Segura [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:25 AM > > > To: Tony Rice (trice) > > > Cc: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Problem scheduling downtime externally > > > > > > Please be more specific. How, exactly, are you trying to > write to > > > the pipe? Please include some examples. > > > > > > Do you look in the nagios log after that to see if it > picked up any > > > commands? Are there any relevant log entries that might help? > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 11:09 -0400, Tony Rice (trice) wrote: > > > > I'm trying to interface a database of upcoming downtimes to > > > Nagios via > > > > the SCHEDULE_AND_PROPAGATE_TRIGGERED_HOST_DOWNTIME > external command. > > > > However, writing to the nagios.cmd file just sits there > and never > > > > returns. I'm wondering if it's a problem with the way the > > > named pipe > > > > is setup. My nagios.cmd file looks like this: > > > > > > > > % ls -la var/rw/nagios.cmd > > > > prw-rw-rw- 1 nagios nagios 0 Jun 25 08:03 > > > > var/rw/nagios.cmd > > > > > > > > I've tried writing to this file from perl and a borne > shell script > > > > with similar results. An advice? > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > > > > --- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > > > > It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about > > > > anything Open Source. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Nagios-users mailing list > > > > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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