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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>I
believe that if you put the signal handler in the BEGIN{} block of
Nagios::Plugin it will take effect when the class is loaded with the 'use'
statement, even before object creation:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>package Nagios::Plugin;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><SPAN
class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>use
strict;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial size=2>our
%STAT=('OK'=>0,'WARNING'=>1,'CRITICAL'=>2,'UNKNOWN'=>3,'DEPENDENT'=>4);</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>BEGIN { <FONT size=2>$SIG{__DIE__} = sub { die_exit(@_) };
}</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>sub die_exit {</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2> my $fmt = shift;</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2> printf("Execution Error: " . $fmt,
@_);<BR> exit($STAT{UNKNOWN},);</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>This way users would not have to include it in plugin
scripts.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=674253017-31082006><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Lynne Lawrence</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
nagiosplug-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagiosplug-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Vonnahme, Nathan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:07
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Nagios Plugin Development Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Nagiosplug-devel] Nagios::Plugin api<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=775070417-31082006>You'd want it to work before an object was created,
or if you didn't have a Plugin object in the current scope, so
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=775070417-31082006>I think die() would have to be exported by the module
and called functionally (it would also work as a method).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=775070417-31082006>I've messed with exit handlers before; after I get
through my current list of stuff I'll work on this.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I like the idea of overloading die - keeps it v simple - but only if it
doesn't need to be specified at the plugin script (eg, can we get it
automatically just by use Nagios::Plugin?).</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, does that mean the object will return the data? Or all the setup
stuff is class data?<SPAN class=775070417-31082006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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