check_* -w and -c switches

Karl DeBisschop karl at debisschop.net
Fri Mar 5 13:29:27 CET 2004


On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 11:19:27 +0000
"Paul L. Allen" <pla at softflare.com> wrote:

> Karl DeBisschop writes: 
> 
> > The output from check_procs --help is below. 2 paragraphs plus 4
> > examples. Please feel free to suggest specific improvements.
> 
> The paragraph I came up with to explain the full range syntax was: 
> 
>    RANGEs are specified as 'min:max', 'min:', ':max', 'max' or '0'.  A
>    RANGE specified as 'min:' is treated as min:infinity.  A RANGE
>    specified as '0' is treated as '0:infinity'.  A RANGE specified
>    as ':max' or 'max' is treated as '0:max'.  The symbol '~' is
>    treated as negative infinity.  If the RANGE is prefixed with '@'
>    then alert if inside the range rather than outside the range. 
> 
> I don't know offhand if check_procs supports the full syntax, so some
> of that may not be applicable. 

Thanks.

It does not support the full syntax, but it should. I will make changes
to unify range processing in one function that supports the full
syntax, then commit those along with the doco you provide.

--
Karl


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