Re: [Nagios-devel] MAX_PLUGINOUTPUT_LENGTH
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2003 5:16 am
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Thomas Soupault wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know what do I risk if I recompile nagios with a greater
> value than 352 for MAX_PLUGINOUTPUT_LENGTH ?
>
The result is platform specific. 352 is the lowest common denominator for
maximum pipe buffer size. Using larger values can cause data from
different plugins to be interleaved - and then none of the data would be
understood...
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-sg
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> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know what do I risk if I recompile nagios with a greater
> value than 352 for MAX_PLUGINOUTPUT_LENGTH ?
>
The result is platform specific. 352 is the lowest common denominator for
maximum pipe buffer size. Using larger values can cause data from
different plugins to be interleaved - and then none of the data would be
understood...
--
-sg
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