<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> This maybe help: <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/shell-scripting-run-command-under-alarmclock/">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/shell-scripting-run-command-under-alarmclock/</a> On 11/30/2010 10:42 PM, steve f wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:BLU152-w3605617466FFF230C8FDEDA2250@phx.gbl" type="cite"> <style></style> I am running a homemade check to check about 8 core processes. Occasionally the check times out after 10 seconds. All this check does is run /etc/init.d/xxxx status and use either the 0 or 1 exit code to report that the process is OK or Critical. I verified in my nagios.cfg file the timeoout setting is set to 60 secs and the utils.pm variable for timeout is set to 15 seconds. I have no timeout setting in this script but figured I need one. Where is the check getting the 10 sec value from? I assume its a default for a nagios check. If I rewrite the script in perl ( its a simple bash now) and use the utils.pm, does that automatically give me the -t option where I could set any timeout value or will it only set the timeout to 15 seconds as in the utils.pm? Is there a simple way to add a timeout for this check only ? Thanks, Steve <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev">http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev</a></pre> <pre wrap=""> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null</pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>