Using '!' in check_* argument

[Paul Weaver]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MAD [mailto:sri.lumpa at free.fr] 
> Sent: 06 March 2009 17:41
> To: Marc Powell; Nagios Users
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Using '!' in check_* argument
> 
> I'm using Nagios 3.0.6 on a CentOS 5.2
> 
> I tryed escaping the (!) with  a (\) but it didn't work. I 
> forgot to tell (and I've just realized it is probably 
> important) I use NagiosQL to create the service. Is it 
> possible that NagiosQL didn't escape the (! ) but the (\) 
> when he writes the cfg file ?

Look at the actual config file generated. You may need to escape the \
-- so you'd enter "\\\!"

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Paul Weaver	
Systems Development Engineer
News Production Facilities, BBC News
 

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