Re: /usr/bin/printf: %,: invalid directive. Time to shut up.

Dear Sir,

What I said may be related to the cause of this problem but then maybe 
not.

tsitc> printf '%s ' `/usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping tsitc 5 10 
50.0 100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml`
PING ok - Packet loss = 0%, RTA = 0.08 ms tsitc> 
tsitc> 

tsitc> printf `/usr/local/netsaint/libexec/check_ping tsitc 5 10 50.0 
100.0 -p 10 -to 15 -nohtml`
printf: missing format character
PINGtsitc>

It may not be the ping command that's the culprit.

I do some more formatting in my notifiy commands :-

command[notify-by-email]=/usr/bin/printf '%s\n%s\n%s\n%s\n%s' '***** 
NetSaint 0.0.7 ***** $SERVICESTATE$ alert/notification' 'Date/Time: $D
ATETIME$', 'Service: $SERVICEDESC$' 'Host: $HOSTNAME$ Address: 
$HOSTADDRESS$', 'Additional Info: $OUTPUT$' | /usr/bin/mail -s '** 
$NOTIFICA
TIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTNAME$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **' 
$CONTACTEMAIL$


#command[notify-by-email]=/usr/bin/printf '***** NetSaint 0.0.7 ***** 
$SERVICESTATE$ alert/notification\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\nService:\t$
SERVICEDESC$\nHost:\t$HOSTNAME$ Address: $HOSTADDRESS$\nAdditional 
Info:\n$OUTPUT$' | /usr/bin/mail -s '** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOST
NAME$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **' $CONTACTEMAIL$


command[notify-by-epager]=/usr/bin/printf '%s' '$SERVICEDESC$ $HOSTNAME$ 
$SERVICESTATE$ $DATETIME$ $OUTPUT$' | /usr/bin/head -c 160 | /usr/
bin/mail $CONTACTPAGER$

So the answer to your question is that you should be able to do anything 
the shell allows.

Unfortunately I can't say what's causing the problem you are having 
unless you do __not__ have a format directive in your printf. However, 
my service notification by email looks like it would cause trouble,

The only sure way of finding the culprit is brute force :-

 . turn the appropriate debug define on in the source (see docco)

 . have sh run all your plugins and grep for '%' (except for ping 
perhaps)

Good luck.

Yours sincerely.


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