Re: [Nagiosplug-help] Broken check_procs or malusage?

Ralph.Grothe@itdz-berlin.de wrote:
>
> On the other hand I wonder why the check_proc plugin doesn't call
> the pstat_getproc()
> syscall?
> see
> http://nixdoc.net/man-pages/HP-UX/pstat_getcommandline.2.html
> Admittedly, it is much easier for the nagios-plugins developers
> to parse ps output than
> having to provide different libc calls for every conceivable Unix
> variant.
>

That depends, I'd say. Using a stable API to get the information means future versions of the program will most likely never ever break. check_proc is one of those programs that has gotten broken several times over the years because the ps output changes slightly, or someone changes a parsing routine that's used by too many architectures.

>
>
> So, do you think I should manually extend PS_VARLIST to cater for
> all 14 entries?
>

Not really. If you can get check_proc to work with pstat_getproc() I believe that would be a better way to go. Ofcourse, the plugin devs may well disagree with me.

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