[Nagiosplug-devel] [ nagiosplug-Bugs-3306880 ] Negate doesn't seem to do anything

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Bugs item #3306880, was opened at 2011-05-24 08:16
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Category: General plugin execution
Group: release-1.4.15
Status: Pending
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: MikeM-2468 (mikem-2468)
Assigned to: Thomas Guyot-Sionnest (dermoth)
Summary: Negate doesn't seem to do anything

Initial Comment:
The negate plugin doesn't seem to work as it should.  With or without negate, I get the same results.  I used the following command as a test but get the same result with or without using negate.

negate check_ping -H 192.168.100.1 -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5

I've tried v1.4.15 and v1.4.15.-24-g5ebe.  Running gcc version 4.3.2 (Debian 4.3.2-1.1) x86.

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Comment By: MikeM-2468 (mikem-2468)
Date: 2011-05-26 08:46

Message:
OK.  The Manpage seemed to indicate that it would change OK to CRITICAL and
vice versa.  I get 0 vs 2 with your example.

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Comment By: Thomas Guyot-Sionnest (dermoth)
Date: 2011-05-26 08:34

Message:
Negate by default only change the return code, which is what matters for
Nagios. try:

check_ping -H 192.168.100.1 -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5; echo $?

vs.

negate check_ping -H 192.168.100.1 -w 3000.0,80% -c 5000.0,100% -p 5; echo
$?

You can also use the -s switch in negate to also change the returned
string, but it'll only work for standard results like "CRITICAL" - ex a
plugin returning "Error" will not be altered besides the return code.

I'm marking the bug as invalid for now, I'll reopen if you can demonstrate
an issue.

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