Re: [Perfparse-devel] Re: Coding perfdata

[Yves M. <yme...@li...>]

Hi Garry, William... !

I just sent Ben my patch 0.99.01ym5 that should become 0.99.02 tomorrow.
It has some bugs fixed, and a new feature: the quotes are now handled as =
specified in
nagios doc.
label=3Dvalue
'label'=3Dvalue -> correct
'label with spaces ''nd quotes'=3Dvalue -> correct
"label"=3Dvalue -> correct, but notice that "label" is equivalent to '"la=
bel"' and not to
label :)

For Garry who maintains the documentation, there is a new option in the c=
onfig file:
Accept_Odd_Chars_in_Label: if you say yes, this is nagios behaviour. If y=
ou say no
(default answer), characters below ' ' are illegal characters.
In previous versions of perfparse, they were already illegal characters. =
Because this is
not specified in nagios doc, I added this option.

Now, what is not done:
1: "label =3D value"
2: 'label' =3D value
3: label =3D value

I think that 'label'=3D value should work. The code allow this with a spa=
ce char after the
label.
The 2/ and 3/ should be allowed. Maybe I will work on this one day.
The 1/ has no interest, hasn't it ? You are supposed to quote texts, not =
expressions.
Expressions are usually inside brackets or parens. But what is the intere=
st to have it
here ?

Now, if someone needs another syntax, it is possible to implement it: we =
want perfparse
flexible !

Yves


> William,
>
> The documentation, as you say, states:
>
> 'label'=3Dvalue[UOM];[warn];[crit];[min];[max]
>
> However, PerfParse is very flexible.  As so many 'official' plugins
> don't  provide the correct syntax, it will accept just about anything. =
 Eg:
>
> "label=3Dvalue" or even "label =3D value"
>
> With any unit (time/seconds/space/latency/users etc) you want, or none.
>
> However, PerfParse does not support the '' escapement.
>
> Eg, label =3D "metric's" should -> "'metric''s'"
>
> But PerfParse will read this as "'metric''s'" and not "metric's". :)
>
> This is not a problem as no plugins currently use this.  It is on our
> TODO list for future versions.
>
> However if you plan to use other tools than PerfParse, you may wish to
> stick to the official where ever possible.
>
> I hope this is of some use,
>
> Regards, Ben.
>
>
> Williams, P. Lane wrote:
>
>> I guess that's what I get for not following coding guidelines.  Easy e=
nough
>> though.
>>
>> In the nagios performance guidelines, the data should look like
>>
>> 'label'=3Dvalue[UOM];[warn];[crit];[min];[max]
>>
>> Based on your example below....lets say with my disk data....My perfor=
mance
>> output should look like
>>
>> 'C-total'=3Dvalue 'C-free'=3Dvalue 'C-used'=3Dvalue;warn;crit;min;max
>>
>> Which I can exclude everything to the right of the semi-colon, if I wi=
sh?
>>
>> Is this correct?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lane
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ben Clewett [mailto:Be...@cl...]
>> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:13 AM
>> To: Williams, P. Lane
>> Subject: Re: Coding perfdata
>>
>>
>> You can include as many metrics as you like in the performance data.
>> You do have to use the correct syntax, which si explained here:
>>
>> http://nagiosplug.sourceforge.net/developer-guidelines.html#AEN185
>>
>> In it's simplest form, use:
>>
>> plugin output | metric1=3D12 metric2=3D54 metric3=3D43512.23432seconds
>>
>> I am glad you enjoy the product,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>>
>> Williams, P. Lane wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is there a certain way I should format the output of the performance
>>>data.  My performance data output contains more than just one value.
>>>Such as my diskspace contains ....total=3D500,free=3D300,used=3D200.  =
Is only
>>>one value allowed when using perfparse?  Would it be possible to inclu=
de
>>>in the perfparse code a means for the code to detect multiple values a=
nd
>>>process accordingly.  I am not a big C coder, but I believe it could b=
e
>>>done.
>>>
>>>This is a neat concept for Nagios.  I see a lot of potential for this
>>>app. Thanks, Lane
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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