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
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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?  
>
>

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