Pattern matching with Nagios 3.x embedded perl

[william.sweat]

Hello,
Is there documentation that lists the differences in interpreters for embedded perl and regular perl (5.8.8)?

In one of my scripts I'm using a regex pattern match with the case-insensitive option, 'i'. This example:

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if ($var =~ /name/i)

Will work fine in regular perl, but it looks like the embedded nagios perl doesn't recognize the case-insensitive option, so

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nAmE

doesn't get assigned to

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$var

.

Thanks

[tonyyarusso]

It's not terribly comprehensive, but there is some information on http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/epnplugins.html.