1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils_base.c b/lib/utils_base.c
index f5f75067..04c4b4f9 100644
--- a/lib/utils_base.c
+++ b/lib/utils_base.c
@@ -369,6 +369,23 @@ char *np_extract_value(const char *varlist, const char *name, char sep) {
         return value;
 }
 
+
+/*
+ * Read a string representing a state (ok, warning... or numeric: 0, 1) and
+ * return the corresponding STATE_ value or ERROR)
+ */
+int mp_translate_state (char *state_text) {
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text,"OK") || !strcmp(state_text,"0"))
+                return STATE_OK;
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text,"WARNING") || !strcmp(state_text,"1"))
+                return STATE_WARNING;
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text,"CRITICAL") || !strcmp(state_text,"2"))
+                return STATE_CRITICAL;
+        if (!strcasecmp(state_text,"UNKNOWN") || !strcmp(state_text,"3"))
+                return STATE_UNKNOWN;
+        return ERROR;
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns a string to use as a keyname, based on an md5 hash of argv, thus
  * hopefully a unique key per service/plugin invocation. Use the extra-opts