Spaces in $SERVICEDESC$

[Andreas Ericsson]

Elmar van Mourik wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> For performance data I use the following command:
> 
>        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "$LASTCHECK$\t$SERVICEDESC$\t$OUTPUT$\t$PERFDATA$\r\n" >> /usr/local/nagios/var/perfdata/$HOSTNAME$-$SERVICEDESC$-perfdata.out
> 
> This is not a problem when the $SERVICEDESC$ is just a single word like "PING" or "HTTP". But when it's more than one word eg. "CPU Load" the file with the performance data is called "venus-CPU" and the first part of every line in the file is "Load-perfdata.out".
> 
> I can change every Service Description in all the config files but that's no solution.
> Changing the $SERVICEDESC$ with a command like "sed y/" "/-/" in a new variable $SERVICE-DESC$ would be the best option for me.
> 
> Where can I add this variable?
> 

Write your own notification script. Then you can add whatever you want 
to it and handle mishaps such as this.

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


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