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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=434043018-23112009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Interesting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=434043018-23112009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I was just checking out the output in Xymon 4.3.0-0.beeta2,
and the process listing under "procs" is not truncated at all for me.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=434043018-23112009><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>I was about to setup a new check, and see what I could come up
with, and I happened to catch the Xymon command that was run in that process
listing, and it was:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=434043018-23112009><PRE>ps -Aww -o pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,time,pmem,rsz,vsz,cmd
</PRE><PRE><FONT color=#0000ff>Good catch!</FONT></PRE></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><B><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Jerald Sheets</FONT></B> <BR><FONT
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Brand, Thomas R. [mailto:TRBrand@cvs.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 23, 2009 1:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
hobbit@hswn.dk<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process
from ps -ef is too long<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Cayo de
Moraes [mailto:camorae@googlemail.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, November 23, 2009 12:12
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">hobbit@hswn.dk</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [hobbit] Procs --> output of a
process from ps -ef is too long</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hello guys,<BR><BR>im having some problems to monitor
processes with a long output (most of them are java processes). Hobbit seems to
cut the output at certain size and i have to look for a string which appears at
the end of the output.<BR><BR>where can i change this length limit?<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy size=2
face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I had
the same problem, also with java processes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Assuming you are using
Linux, look in the ~hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh, look for the
line<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2
face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">echo
"[ps]"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Change the ‘ps ‘
command which follows according to your systems
requirements.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For example, under
SLES, I had to add ‘ww’ and changee it to:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2
face="Courier New"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ps -A<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ww</SPAN></B> -o
pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,time,pmem,rsz,vsz,cmd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face="Monotype Corsiva"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Monotype Corsiva'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 18pt">Tom
Brand</SPAN></FONT></I></B></STRONG><FONT color=navy><SPAN
style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="COLOR: red; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">Disclaimer</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black
size=1><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt">: 1) all opinions
are my own, 2) I may be completely wrong, 3) my advice is worth at least as much
as what you are paying for it, or your money cheerfully
refunded.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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