[Perfparse-devel] Storing the STATE from Nagios.

[Ben C. <Be...@cl...>]

Yves and others:

A request to store the plugin state has been requested, the macro name 
is: $SERVICESTATE$, from http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/macros.html

This is probably an oversite not to store this from version 0.01 :)

For some time in the near future, suggest:

1. Changing perfparse to expect this macro.
2. Adding a field to the raw data table to store this value.
3. Changing perfparse to scan 'nagios.cfg' to check Nagios is using the 
correct format, and exit on error if not correct.
4. Updating the raw data report to display this value.
5. Including a 'configure' definition of where to expect the Nagios 
'etc' directory., default /usr/local/nagios/etc.

I also note that development time is very tight for all involved.  If 
there is anybody on this mailing list who wants to submit a patch, I 
would be very interested in hearing from them.

Regards,

Ben.