Where are the $ARGn$ macros will come from??

[Andreas Ericsson]

matato at pregi.net wrote:
> Hi,
>   I'm a little bit confuse about where the $ARGn$ macros will come from.
> for example, I have a service named squid and I used the check_tcp as its
> checkcommand.the actual command_line is:
> /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_tcp -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -p $ARG1$
> Where $ARG1$ must be the port the service is listening on. In my case 3128.
> 
> I know that the $HOSTADDRESS$ will automatically be the address of the
> host the service belongs to, but how about the $ARG1$. How will I tell
> nagios that, "hey, this number "3128" is the $ARG1$, this is the port you
> should check for tcp connection". Is it included in any configuration
> file?
> Any idea?? thanks.
> 

check_command check_squid!arg1!arg2!arg3!arg4

I'm sure you get the idea, and I believe this is documented somewhere.

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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
OP5 AB                             www.op5.se
Lead Developer


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