[Xymon] $XYMONSERVERS vs $XYMONSERVER: Typo in xymongrep(1) man page?

Tom Schmidt tom at 4schmidts.com
Mon Jan 10 14:49:17 CET 2022


Axel,
    Yes, that is a typo in the man page for xymongrep.  I searched the
source code to verify that XYMONSERVERS is the correct environment variable.

Tom

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 4:30 AM Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just noticed that while everywhere $XYMONSERVERS (plural, with an
> "S" at the end) is used as variable, the xymongrep(1) man page refers
> to a $XYMONSERVER variable (without trailing "S"):
>
>    --loadhostsfromxymond
>
>           xymongrep will normally attempt to load the HOSTSCFG file by
>           itself when searching for lines to transmit. If the file is
>           unreadable, it will exit out. With this option, it will
>           query the xymond server (set via the XYMONSERVER
>           environment) for the hosts file. This can be used if you're
>           running this on a client or remote system and can't or don't
>           want to have the hosts.cfg file synchronized across your
>           servers.
>
> I assume this is a typo, right?
>
>                 Kind regards, Axel
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