[hobbit] Script Delay

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 07:07:57PM -0700, Charles Jones wrote:
> Jeffcoat, Al wrote:
> 
> >All,
> >
> >Is there a way to write a script in such a way that it only reports in
> >once a day (I know how to do this part), and then tell hobbit not to
> >turn that test purple for 24 hours after it receives that last status?
> > 
> >
> Al,
> 
> Sure, just append the number of seconds to your status message (in the 
> format of "+seconds" see example below). Hobbit will then not turn 
> purple unless that time expires and no further status messages have been 
> received.
> 
> $BB $BBDISP "status+86400 $MACHINE.$COLUMN $COLOR `date` &green This is a 
> green message that won't expire for 24 hours."

And it's usually a good idea to add a bit of extra time to give the
script time to run the next time - say, half an hour extra.


Regards,
Henrik