[Xymon] regular expressions in analysis.cfg

[David Baldwin]

Phil,

You need to put "" around entire IGNORE item - e.g.:

... "IGNORE=%Client \([0-9]7"

This applies for any use of regex in analysis.cfg which uses spaces.

David.
> I'm having a problem with spaces in regular expressions when trying to
> IGNORE log entries. So for the line:
>
> warning - 2013/03/04 12:52:21 - BigBrotherXymonClient (17) - The agent externals generated this event message : No externals have been specified
>   works:           LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE=%Client.*17
>   works:           LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE=%Client.*[0-9]7
>   works:           LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE=Client\ \(17
>   works:           LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE=No\ externals\ have\ been\ specified  
>
>   doesn't work:   LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE=%"Client \([0-9]7"
>   doesn't work:   LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE="Client \(17"
>   doesn't work:   LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE="Client (17"
>   doesn't work:   LOG eventlog_application %^warning   COLOR=red
> IGNORE="No externals have been specified"
>   
> Is this correct? If so, why no spaces??? It is very confusing as
> spaces are used elsewhere, eg I can have spaces in a DISK name in
> analysis.cfg: DISK "/yada yada" 90 95, and spaces can be used in
> various places in hosts.cfg.
>
> thanks, Phil
>
>
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David Baldwin - Senior Systems Administrator (Datacentres + Networks)
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Australian Sports Commission          http://ausport.gov.au
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