[Xymon] Cannot open directory from tasks.cfg

[Tracy Di Marco White]

Thanks Martin!

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Martin Flemming
<martin.flemming at desy.de> wrote:
>
> Hi, Tracy !
>
> I've use the tasks.d/ for the usual task.cfg (ex-hobbitlaunch.cfg)
> with the additional directory-directive
>
> http://www.xymon.com/xymon/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html
>
> directory directoryname
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> This works for all (?) xymon-config-files ....
>
> So you only needs to add yopur additional server-ext-tests in this directory
> and they will be automaticly executed  ....
>
> The advance is that you haven't  a big/very big task.cfg-file and it's
> cleary arranged
>
>
> cheers,
>        martin
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Oct 2011, Tracy Di Marco White wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Tracy Di Marco White
>>> <gendalia at iastate.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I assume the error is because tasks.cfg contains this:
>>>> # Include add-on modules.
>>>> directory /usr/pkg/share/xymon/xymonhome/etc/tasks.d
>>>>
>>>> Which doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> This directory should be created by "make install" or by the package
>>> definition (eg spec file, for RPM-based systems).  I'm guessing that
>>> the "tasks.cfg" file was updated with the "include" but the installer
>>> for BSD was not updated accordingly.
>>>
>>> Actually, I think "make install" won't create this subdir either.
>>
>> Having pkgsrc create it is not a problem.
>>
>>>> Is there documentation on using / setting up tasks.d?
>>>
>>> "install.html" is included in the source, and should be in the
>>> installed package.  You should be able to view it from the menu.  Or
>>> here: http://xymon.org/xymon/help/install.html
>>
>> I don't see anything there about tasks.d. I am somewhat familiar with
>> hobbit, having run it for a while, but I'm trying to see what has changed
>> and how to use new things in xymon. I'm starting by replacing my network
>> test server. I just would like to know more about what tasks.d is for and
>> how to use it. The same is likely true for other new features I just haven't
>> gotten to yet.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tracy
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