Non existent macros are not replaced

[Matthieu Kermagoret]

Hi list,

When using a non-existent macros in a command (like for example
$SERVICEDESC$ in a host notification command), such macro is not
replaced. It is instead left as-is on the command line.

Such construct is interpreted by the shell as a variable (usually
empty) followed by a dollar sign which (usually) expands to a single
dollar and lead users to believe that Nagios replace non-existent
macros with a single dollar (see ticket #34
http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=34).

I believe this behavior is not intuitive and should therefore be
modified to simply remove non-existent macros, as the attached patch
does.

What do you think about it ?

Best regards,

-- 
Matthieu KERMAGORET | Développeur

mkermagoret at merethis.com

MERETHIS est éditeur du logiciel Centreon.
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