I've already tried to address that problem, but sadly to no avail. That behaviour of printf basically lies in the "bogus" interpretation of "\ followed by a space" by /usr/bin/printf on some platforms. The built-in Bash extension "printf" does not have that problem. Therefor I am currently using a rather ugly construct to circumvent it: define command{ command_name notify-by-email command_line /bin/bash -c "printf \"%b\" \"***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nDescription: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATE$ $TIME$\n\nAdditional Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$\"" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTNAME$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ } It would be much more appealing if the "illegal_macro_output_chars" would be parsed correctly. Even though I have \ in there, it doesn't get stripped. sash -------------------------------------------------- Sascha Runschke Netzwerk Administration IT-Services ABIT AG Robert-Bosch-Str. 1 40668 Meerbusch Tel.:+49 (0) 2150.9153.226 mailto:SRunschke@abit.de http://www.abit.net http://www.abit-epos.net http://www.my-academy.net -------------------------------------------------- Der Inhalt dieser Email sowie die Anhänge sind ausschließlich für den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser Email oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, so beachten Sie bitte, daß jede Form der Kenntnisnahme, Veröffentlichung, Vervielfältigung oder Weitergabe des Inhalts dieser Email unzulässig ist. Wir möchten Sie außerdem darauf hinweisen, daß die Kommunikation per Email über das Internet unsicher ist, da fuer unberechtigte Dritte grundsätzlich die Möglichkeit der Kenntnisnahme und Manipulation besteht. Wenn Sie diese Nachricht versehentlich erhalten, informieren Sie bitte den Absender und löschen diese Nachricht mit den Anhängen. Herzlichen Dank The information and any attachments contained in this email are intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of disclosure, reproduction, distribution or any action taken or refrained from in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. We also like to inform you that communication via email over the internet is insecure because third parties may have the possibility to access and manipulate emails. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you very much. <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td> <td>"Ian Davidson" <idavidso@juniper.net> Gesendet von: nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net 20.01.2005 13:56 <td> An: <nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Kopie: Thema: [Nagios-users] Printf issues with $output$ [Virus scanned]</table> I've seen a few questions on this subject but have yet to find the solution, so apologies if I'm going over old ground here. I'm monitoring some Windows server disks and the resulting output is along the lines of: 'c:\ - total: 16.92 Gb - used: 11.92 Gb (70%) - free 5.00 Gb (30%)', but printf is cutting off everything after the 'c:' in the email alerts as it is processing the backslash as an exit request. Any ideas how to get around this?? Cheers, Ian --- Ian Davidson Corporate Network Services Email: idavidso@juniper.net GSM: +44-7952-173703 Tel: +44-1372-385653 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null