Compare HTTP Page to Saved Copy

[Max Clark]

I understand about the -s, -r and -R flags. These all look for a
specific pattern. Can I look for the absense of a pattern?

Thanks,
Max


On 9/20/06, Bill Jacqmein <wrjacqmein at gmail.com> wrote:
> -m for the minimum size is also useful for a limited number of checks.
>
> I ran into this problem during a LAMP database problem resulted in the
> error page still being delivered. After all the webserver was still
> up. :)
>
> Bill
>
>
> On 9/20/06, Marc Powell <marc at ena.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> > > bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Max Clark
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:08 PM
> > > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > Subject: [Nagios-users] Compare HTTP Page to Saved Copy
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > One one of our servers we are serving a custom 404 error page from the
> > > application code itself - what's happened is when the page breaks our
> > > nagios monitor does not see the error because the error page is being
> > > served quickly and properly.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to compare the results of a page with the previously
> > > queried page? Or would it be possible to look for a specific string
> > > and alert if the string is present?
> >
> > Run check_http --help. You'll want one of -s, -r or -R.
> >
> > --
> > Marc
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