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4 4
5# Extra-Opts 5# Extra-Opts
6 6
7Starting with the 1.4.12 release, Nagios C plugins support reading 7Starting with the 1.4.12 release, most Nagios Plugins (those written in C)
8configuration options from a configuration file. This needs to be enabled at 8support reading options from a configuration file. This needs to be enabled
9compile-time for now (`--enable-extra-opts`) and will be enabled by default in 9at compile-time for now (`--enable-extra-opts`) and will be enabled by default
10the future. Perl plugins using the Nagios::Plugin module have this support 10in the future. Perl plugins using the [Nagios::Plugin][module] module have
11since version 0.16. 11this support since version 0.16.
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13You can easily know if a plugin supports *extra-opts* by checking the `--help` 13You can easily know if a plugin supports *extra-opts* by checking the `--help`
14output for the `--extra-opts` option. Once compiled in, the `--extra-opts` 14output for the `--extra-opts` option. Once compiled in, the `--extra-opts`
@@ -69,4 +69,6 @@ The initial use case for this functionality is for hiding passwords, so you do
69not have to define sensitive credentials in the Nagios configuration and these 69not have to define sensitive credentials in the Nagios configuration and these
70options won't appear in the command line. 70options won't appear in the command line.
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72[module]: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Nagios-Plugin/ "Nagios::Plugin"
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