Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Jim Avery
On 18 July 2011 14:37, Frank Van Damme wrote: > I was hoping for some generic escaping rules :) If only! I usually end up using a generous portion of trial-and-error to find something that works. Sometimes you have to escape the escape characters that will be used further down the chain. Th

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Frank Van Damme
2011/7/18 Michael Friedrich : > you didn't mention that in the first place. w/o any examples it will be > hard to guess. true. I was hoping for some generic escaping rules :) dollars at the start have a meaning. -- Frank Van Damme No part of this copyright message may be reproduced, read or seen

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Friedrich
Frank Van Damme wrote: > Op 18-07-11 10:16, Michael Friedrich schreef: >> Frank Van Damme wrote: >>> (Sorry for possible reposts. I'll stop reposting the day Gmane actually >>> works). >>> >>> Does anybody know how to use a parameter to a check command that starts >>> with a dollar sign? Nagios int

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Frank Van Damme
Op 18-07-11 10:16, Michael Friedrich schreef: > Frank Van Damme wrote: >> (Sorry for possible reposts. I'll stop reposting the day Gmane actually >> works). >> >> Does anybody know how to use a parameter to a check command that starts >> with a dollar sign? Nagios interprets the dollar as if I want

Re: [Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Michael Friedrich
Frank Van Damme wrote: > (Sorry for possible reposts. I'll stop reposting the day Gmane actually > works). > > Does anybody know how to use a parameter to a check command that starts > with a dollar sign? Nagios interprets the dollar as if I want to > substitute the variable with a macro. I tried e

[Nagios-users] Fwd: parameter starting with dollar sign

2011-07-18 Thread Frank Van Damme
(Sorry for possible reposts. I'll stop reposting the day Gmane actually works). Does anybody know how to use a parameter to a check command that starts with a dollar sign? Nagios interprets the dollar as if I want to substitute the variable with a macro. I tried escaping, but then I get a literal