Update of /cvsroot/mon/mon/doc
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Modified Files:
mon.8
Log Message:
Clarified the meaning of some variables passed to alert scripts.
Added redistribute documentation.
Index: mon.8
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mon/mon/doc/mon.8,v
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*** mon.8 17 Apr 2005 07:42:27 -0000 1.4
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.TP
.B MON_LAST_SUMMARY
! The first line of the output from the last time the
! monitor exited.
.TP
.B MON_LAST_OUTPUT
! The entire output of the monitor from the last time it
! exited.
.TP
--- 284,299 ----
.TP
.B MON_LAST_SUMMARY
! The first line of the output from the last time the monitor exited.
! This is not the summary of the current monitor run, but the previous
! one. This may be used by an alert script to provide historical
! context in an alert.
.TP
.B MON_LAST_OUTPUT
! The entire output of the monitor from the last time it exited. This
! is not the output of the current monitor run, but the previous one.
! This may be used by an alert script to provide historical context in
! an alert.
!
.TP
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.TP
! .BI "dep_memory = " timeval
If set, dep_memory will cause dependencies to continue to prevent
alerts/monitoring for a period of time after the service returns to a
--- 1186,1190 ----
.TP
! .BI "dep_memory " timeval
If set, dep_memory will cause dependencies to continue to prevent
alerts/monitoring for a period of time after the service returns to a
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--- 1196,1210 ----
.IR timeval .
+ .TP
+ .BI redistribute " alert [arg...]"
+ A service may have one redistribute option, which is a special form of an
+ an alert definition. This alert will be called on every service status
+ update, even sequential success status updates. This can be used to
+ integrate Mon with another monitoring system, or to link together multiple
+ Mon servers via an alert script that generates Mon traps. See the "ALERT
+ PROGRAMS" section above for a list of the parameters mon will pass
+ automatically to alert programs.
+
+
.SS "Period Definitions"
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