Re: [smokeping-users] Smokeping Newbee

[Peter Kristolaitis]

Hi Alan; Yes, you can call external scripts by setting the "to" field of the alert to "| /path/to/script.sh" (note the pipe character at the beginning).  Some information about the alert will be passed on as arguments to the script.  From the SmokePing documentation: to (mandatory setting) Either an email address to send alerts to, or the name of a program to execute when an alert matches. To call a program, the first character of the to value must be a pipe symbol "|". The program will the be called whenever an alert matches, using the following 5 arguments (except if edgetrigger is 'yes'; see below): name-of-alert, target, loss-pattern, rtt-pattern, hostname. You can also provide a comma separated list of addresses and programs. Cheers, - Peter On 6/14/2010 5:33 PM, Alan Scott wrote: Hey Guys,   I have smokeping working (what a great product!)...   What I would like to be able to do is have a packet loss alert call MTR. Is there any way you can have a alert call a external script or application?     Thanks for your help   Alan Scott | Manager Lvl1, 36 Bryce Street Hamilton 3204 PO Box 19-145 Hamilton 3244 t:       +64 7 929 2200  Ext 4001 f:       +64 7 929 2201 m:    021 843 281 http://www.logicalsolutions.co.nz Helpdesk:           0800 895 101 Auckland:           +64 9 974 2351 Wellington:        +64 4 974 4030 Christchurch:    +64 3 974 3440     _______________________________________________ smokeping-users mailing list smokeping-users@lists.oetiker.ch https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/smokeping-users

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