[Nagios-devel] Using utils.h within executables written in the C
Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 12:57 pm
Hey all,
I am a novice at both Nagios and the C language. Whilst perusing the
Nagios help pages, I came across a page discussing the "guidelines" for
writing plugins. One of the points mentioned is that the use of utils.h
(for C-written plugins) was encouraged (perhaps even expected). I was
unable to locate this file anywhere (neither on the Nagios server
instance I am running nor on the Nagios help pages,/documentation etc).
So firstly, I was hoping that I could be directed to where I could get a
copy of it.
Secondly, I would like to know how a C application is supposed to link
to it. Are we expected to use a static linking technique (i.e. copy and
paste the utils.h/c source into our own C plugin and then compile)? Or a
dynamic linking technique? And if dynamic linking, is there some
documentation/help that will guide me as to how to proceed with this
approach?
I hope I explained that clearly enough.
Thanks in advance.
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I am a novice at both Nagios and the C language. Whilst perusing the
Nagios help pages, I came across a page discussing the "guidelines" for
writing plugins. One of the points mentioned is that the use of utils.h
(for C-written plugins) was encouraged (perhaps even expected). I was
unable to locate this file anywhere (neither on the Nagios server
instance I am running nor on the Nagios help pages,/documentation etc).
So firstly, I was hoping that I could be directed to where I could get a
copy of it.
Secondly, I would like to know how a C application is supposed to link
to it. Are we expected to use a static linking technique (i.e. copy and
paste the utils.h/c source into our own C plugin and then compile)? Or a
dynamic linking technique? And if dynamic linking, is there some
documentation/help that will guide me as to how to proceed with this
approach?
I hope I explained that clearly enough.
Thanks in advance.
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