$Id: README.variables 1.1 Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:22:34 -0400 trockij $ THIS FILE IS PROBABLY OUTDATED The following are global variables: maxkeep The maximum lines of alert or failure history to retain. For each service, the following variables are maintained by the server, and are available from the "status" command: _failure_count The number of failures since the start of monitoring. _start_of_monitor The time that the monitoring of this particular service started, as reported by the time(2) system call. _alert_count The number of alerts triggered since _start_of_monitor, in time(2) format. _last_failure The time(2) of the last failure that was detected. _last_success The time(2) of the last success for this service. _last_output The output of the last monitor command (not the current). _current_output The output of the current monitor command. _timer The number of seconds left before the monitor is invoked again. _last_opstatus The _op_status before the dependency code set it to STAT_DEPEND _op_status STAT_FAIL the monitor returned a failure STAT_OK the monitor returned a success STAT_COLDSTART a coldstart trap was received STAT_WARMSTART a warmstart trap was received STAT_LINKDOWN a linkdown trap was received STAT_UNKOWN unknown (reserved for stupid things) STAT_TIMEOUT a trap timeout occurred STAT_UNTESTED this service has not yet been tested STAT_DEPEND this service has been marked by the depend routines STAT_WARN a warning state