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# Documentation

## Basics

The main Nagios Plugins documentation is split into two parts:

1. **[Manual Pages][man]**  
   This part provides documentation for each individual plugin.

2. **[FAQ][faq]**  
   The FAQ section offers additional information on the Nagios Plugins
   package as a whole.

## Advanced Topics

These documents cover specific topics that go beyond the basics:

* **[Extra-Opts][opts]**  
  Telling plugins to read options from a configuration file.

* **[Writing Perl Plugins][video]**  
  This is a video that shows how to write your own check using the
  [Nagios::Plugin][module] Perl module.

* **[Nagios Plugin Development Guidelines][guidelines]**  
  Reference documentation for plugin developers.

[man]: doc/man/index.html "Manual Pages"
[faq]: doc/faq/index.html "Frequently Asked Questions"
[opts]: doc/extra-opts.html
[video]: doc/presentation.html "Nagios::Plugin Presentation"
[module]: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Nagios-Plugin/ "Nagios::Plugin"
[guidelines]: doc/guidelines.html

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