[smokeping-users] Smokeping Newbee

[Peter Kristolaitis]

Hi Alan;

Yes, you can call external scripts by setting the "to" field of the 
alert to "| /path/to/script.sh" (note the pipe character at the 
beginning).  Some information about the alert will be passed on as 
arguments to the script.  From the SmokePing documentation:

*to* /(mandatory setting)/

    Either an email address to send alerts to, or the name of a program
    to execute when an alert matches. To call a program, the first
    character of the *to* value must be a pipe symbol "|". The program
    will the be called whenever an alert matches, using the following 5
    arguments (except if *edgetrigger* is 'yes'; see below):
    *name-of-alert*, *target*, *loss-pattern*, *rtt-pattern*,
    *hostname*. You can also provide a comma separated list of addresses
    and programs.


Cheers,
- Peter



On 6/14/2010 5:33 PM, Alan Scott wrote:
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> Hey Guys,
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> I have smokeping working (what a great product!)...
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> What I would like to be able to do is have a packet loss alert call 
> MTR. Is there any way you can have a alert call a external script or 
> application?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> *Alan Scott* | Manager
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