1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/t/check_procs.t b/plugins/t/check_procs.t
index 1dea5643..ca4acdd7 100644
--- a/plugins/t/check_procs.t
+++ b/plugins/t/check_procs.t
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ my $t;
 if (`uname -s` eq "SunOS\n" && ! -x "/usr/local/nagios/libexec/pst3") {
         plan skip_all => "Ignoring tests on solaris because of pst3";
 } else {
-        plan tests => 12;
+        plan tests => 14;
 }
 
 my $result;
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_procs -w 100000 -c 100000 -s Z" );
 is( $result->return_code, 0, "Checking less than 100000 zombie processes" );
 like( $result->output, '/^PROCS OK: [0-9]+ process(es)? with /', "Output correct" );
 
+if(fork() == 0) { exec("sleep 7"); } # fork a test process
+$result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_procs -a 'sleep 7'" );
+is( $result->return_code, 0, "Parent process is ignored" );
+like( $result->output, '/^PROCS OK: 1 process?/', "Output correct" );
+
 $result = NPTest->testCmd( "./check_procs -w 0 -c 100000" );
 is( $result->return_code, 1, "Checking warning if processes > 0" );
 like( $result->output, '/^PROCS WARNING: [0-9]+ process(es)? | procs=[0-9]+;0;100000;0;$/', "Output correct" );