External Command entry_time

[Larry Low]

This timestamp is to indicate when it was submitted to the pipe.  If you are
scheduling something you place the timestamp for that in the
command_arguments.

http://www.nagios.org/developerinfo/externalcommands/commandlist.php

Example:

[time]
SCHEDULE_FORCED_SVC_CHECK;<host_name>;<service_description>;<check_time>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-devel-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-devel-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Scott Sanders
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:05 PM
> To: nagios-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-devel] External Command entry_time
> 
> Hello devel,
> 
> When an external command is submitted to the FIFO pipe the command is
> prepended with a unix timestamp wrapped in []'s. As the command is
> processed the timestamp here is parsed out and is set as the
> entry_time in the external command struct.
> 
> If I submit a command with a timestamp in the future it is still
> executed as soon as check_for_external_commands gets to it. What
> purpose does this timestamp serve?
> 
> -Scott
> 
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