Quoting Jonathan Angliss <j...@netdork.net>:

> On 05/20/11 22:11, Terry Carmen wrote:
>> Quoting Jonathan Angliss <j...@netdork.net>:
>>
>>
>>
>>  > That's not to say you won't see it defined in a service, but less likely
>>  > than a command. What made you think $HOSTNAME$ was valid there? If it
>>  > was valid, what value should it take? What are you trying to achieve?
>>
>> I would like to define it in the "define host" section as below, and
>> have it expanded in the "define service" section right below it (in the
>> same file).
>
> Nagios has no concept of what is in each file.  It simply reads them
> all, then parses the collective, rather than individually.

OK, that explains it.

Thanks!

Terry
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