Re: pmlogger_check.sh in 2.3.1-4

[Alan Hoyt <ahoyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Hoyt wrote:

> Ken McDonell wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Alan Hoyt wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> > > Line 64 was changed from LOCALHOSTNAME=`hostname` 
> > > LOCALHOSTNAME=`hostname -s`
> > >   
> >
> > At that point we need the short form of the hostname, and on some
> > systems hostname returns the fully qualified domain name, while 
> > hostname -s
> > returns the short name.
> >
> >  
> >
> > > What was the logic behind this change? 
>
> I haven’t tested it exhaustively but it seems to work correctly either 
> way – with a fully qualified name or a short name. That's why the 
> addition of the -s flag wasn't clear to me.
Ok, the logger control file specifies the logger instance (controlling 
pmlogger_check) and this change fixed the inability to stipulate short 
names in the control file - so it's necessary to work for all cases.
 - Alan -