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Re: Args run together in pmie actions

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Subject: Re: Args run together in pmie actions
From: Martin Hicks <mort@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:35:07 -0500
Cc: Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pcp <pcp@xxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 07:32:22AM +1000, nscott@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 08:47:19PM +0000, Ken McDonell wrote:
> >> This is not a bug, it is designed to work that way ... 8^)>
> >>
> >> The %i %v and %h substitution occurs in buidling the string and the
> >> action is fired once.
> >>
> >> If you rewrite the rule thusly, all will be well ...
> >>
> >> ... -> syslog "there is a load" " [%i] %v";
> >
> > Thanks guys.  So "shell" actions just have to iterate through multiple
> > args and figure out how many instances are true...
> 
> Only the "true" instances are passed to the shell action.

Right. Bad description on my part.

mh

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