Leading space in continuation lines

[Gerhard Lausser]

Hi,

i have a servicedefinition which looks like that:

define service {
   service_description             os_linux_fs_check_ping
   host_name                       nagsrv
   use                             os_linux_default,pnp-preview-popup
   check_command                   \
       check_nrpe_arg!30!\
 
check_fs_ping!/mnt/account-p,/mnt/prepro-p,/mnt/webapp-ssl,/mnt/rollout-p
}

Now i found out that the leading blanks (the same applies for tabs) are
retained also in the macro $SERVICECHECKCOMMAND$. I write the checkresults
to a spoolfile with
service_perfdata_file_template=DATATYPE::SERVICEPERFDATA\tTIMET::$TIMET$....
\tSERVICECHECKCOMMAND::$SERVICECHECKCOMMAND$\t....

where it comes out as:
....SERVICECHECKCOMMAND::check_nrpe_arg!30!       check_fs_ping....

If you postprocess these data, some tools might be confused by the white
space. (PNP for example, but it has a workaround for this in the upcoming
release)

I attached a patch for base/utils.c(mmap_fgets_multiline) (v3.10) which cuts
off leading white space from continuation lines. Whoever feels responsible
for the Nagios code, he might have a look at it. And maybe give a feedback?
Possibly by the end of this decade? Huhu, anybody at home?

Gerhard
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