One more question on this topic. So since I have discovered that the wildcard works is there anyway to return the whole string that contains my substring in the %e variable.
Jason Passow Mississippi Welders Supply [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (507) 494-5178 fax: (507) 454-8104 "If you do everything right, nobody will realize you've done anything at all." Mark Perry wrote: > You can use the *nix process monitor. > > I haven't tried it myself but it is basically the same as the NT Process > checker, click the ... Button at then end of the "of" field and it > should show all processes currently running on the chosen *nix server. > Select the relevant /print process to monitor. > > The NT process checker doesn't use wildards etc. And I believe for a > very good reason if you specifically select a process SA will monitor > that process and only that process. If wildcards were allowed then SA > would have to iterate through the services and check each and every > service with a name vaguely similar to the one you want and will give a > down result if one is wrong... Also if wildcards were allowed then > potentially a * could mean anything which would never be down as all > processes found would be running, anything missing wouldn't be noticed. > > I hope that this makes sense. > > Regards > > Mark Perry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jason Passow > Sent: 04 August 2006 20:06 > To: Servers Alive Discussion List > Subject: [SA-list] Monitor linux server > > Let me start by saying I know next ot nothing about Linux. I am trying > to find a way to use Servers Alive to do what I must do manually after a > phone call saying stuff isn't working. > > When a user calls and tells me they are unable to print from our Linux > server application to their network printer first thing I must do is go > to a shell and run ps-ef | grep \/print. If I am correct this searches > for running processes with the command /print in it. Is there a way > to monitor such a thing using the *nix process checker? In other wards > > does the *nix process checker use a substring or a full string or accept > wildcards? > > To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE as subject to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), then make sure that they are not send to the list nor to the individual members of the list that send a message. Doing this will get you removed from the list.
