Added help text for range support

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
index b91ceea..0a13cc0 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ sub print_help () {
         print "\n\n";
         print "Note: -w and -c are required arguments.\n";
         print "      You can suffix both values with s for seconds (default), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days) or w (weeks).\n";
+        print "\n";
+        print "Range support: You may specify a range for both warning and critical thresholds.\n";
+        print "               This works without additional Perl modules.\n";
+        print "Example: ./check_uptime -w 10m:4w -c 1m:8w\n";
+        print "         Results in a critical state when uptime is below 60 seconds or higher than 8 weeks,\n";
+        print "         and in a warning state when uptime is below 10 minutes or above 4 weeks.\n";
         print "\n\n";
         support();
 }