[Xymon] DISPLAYGROUP on alert.cfg

[Henrik Størner]

On 14-12-2011 19:05, John Chen wrote:
> In my hosts.cfg, I have spaces on the group description, i.e.:
> group group 1
>
> In alert.cfg,it works if I use:
>      DISPLAYGROUP=%group.1
> However, it fails if I use:
>      DISPLAYGROUP="group 1"
>
> What is the best way to put a string (with space in it) in DISPLAYGROUP?

I use the "%group.1" myself :-)

Handling strings with spaces in them has always been bothersome with the 
way Xymon parses configuration files. So I tend to avoid that by using 
the regex-with-wildcard expressions instead.


Regards,
Henrik