Newbie: How to calculate within Nagios?

[Marc Powell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Zembower, Kevin
> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:54 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Newbie: How to calculate within Nagios?
> 


> My question is, should I just hard-code the values in the email
message
> ("Warning: the server room temperature exceeds 80 F.") or could I
> calculate within Nagios and say "Warning: the server room temperature
is
> XX F." If I can calculate within Nagios, please point out an example
in
> the documentation or other source.

Nagios can't perform calculations of any kind. Since you seem to just
want the data manipulated in your notification e-mails, the notification
script would seem to be the best place to make that substitution.

--
Marc

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