Hello, i found an article describing how to patch a source code. I have created a file xymonlaunch.c.patch in the common directory from my xymon install directory. The file contains just this code: --- trunk/common/xymonlaunch.c 2012/02/02 23:00:35 6905 +++ trunk/common/xymonlaunch.c 2012/02/07 10:19:43 6906 @@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ else if (curtask && (strncasecmp(p, "CRONDATE ", 9) == 0)) { p+= 9; xfreedup(curtask->cronstr,p); - if (curtask->crondate) { crondatefree(curtask->crondate);curtask->crondate=parse_cron_time(curtask->cronstr); } + if (curtask->crondate) crondatefree(curtask->crondate); + curtask->crondate = parse_cron_time(curtask->cronstr); if (!curtask->crondate) { errprintf("Can't parse cron date: %s->%s\n", curtask->key, curtask->cronstr); curtask->disabled = 1; Then i did the following (with some errornous results): [root at xymon common]# patch -p0 <xymonlaunch.c.patch can't find file to patch at input line 3 Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option? The text leading up to this was: -------------------------- |--- trunk/common/xymonlaunch.c 2012/02/02 23:00:35 6905 |+++ trunk/common/xymonlaunch.c 2012/02/07 10:19:43 6906 -------------------------- File to patch: xymonlaunch.c patching file xymonlaunch.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 260 with fuzz 2. [root at xymon common]# [root at xymon common]# [root at xymon common]# [root at xymon common]# [root at xymon common]# make cc -c -o xymonlaunch.o xymonlaunch.c xymonlaunch.c:32:22: error: libxymon.h: No such file or directory xymonlaunch.c: In function âload_configâ: xymonlaunch.c:94: error: âstrbuffer_tâ undeclared (first use in this function) xymonlaunch.c:94: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once xymonlaunch.c:94: error: for each function it appears in.) xymonlaunch.c:94: error: âinbufâ undeclared (first use in this function) xymonlaunch.c:121: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast xymonlaunch.c:141: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast xymonlaunch.c:186: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast xymonlaunch.c:264: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast xymonlaunch.c: In function âmainâ: xymonlaunch.c:500: error: âdebugâ undeclared (first use in this function) xymonlaunch.c:510: warning: passing argument 1 of âstrdupâ makes pointer from integer without a cast /usr/include/string.h:175: note: expected âconst char *â but argument is of type âintâ xymonlaunch.c:514: warning: passing argument 1 of âstrdupâ makes pointer from integer without a cast /usr/include/string.h:175: note: expected âconst char *â but argument is of type âintâ xymonlaunch.c:526: warning: passing argument 1 of âstrdupâ makes pointer from integer without a cast /usr/include/string.h:175: note: expected âconst char *â but argument is of type âintâ xymonlaunch.c:598: error: âsave_errbufâ undeclared (first use in this function) xymonlaunch.c:716: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast xymonlaunch.c:720: warning: initialization makes pointer from integer without a cast make: *** [xymonlaunch.o] Error 1 [root at xymon common]# Did i miss something or did i do something else the wrong way? Regards Christian CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region | www.csc.com -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Becker Christian Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2012 09:14 An: 'cleaver at terabithia.org' Cc: xymon at xymon.com Betreff: AW: [Xymon] clientlaunch.cfg: CRONDATE problem / error? Hello, Thank you for this information. Unfortunately I don't know how to apply a patch or to re-compile xymonlaunch - can you point me to the right way to do this? Best regards Christian CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region | www.csc.com -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: cleaver at terabithia.org [mailto:cleaver at terabithia.org] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2012 19:14 An: Becker Christian Cc: xymon at xymon.com Betreff: Re: [Xymon] clientlaunch.cfg: CRONDATE problem / error? This is fixed in trunk and the 4.3.7 branch, but isn't in the tarball. http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon?view=revision&revision=6906 http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon?view=revision&revision=6899 This specific patch should fix it: http://xymon.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xymon/trunk/common/xymonlaunch.c?r1=... -jc

Hello out there,

we are using Xymon 4.3.7 as xymon server. There is a particular client running Ubuntu 9.04 as operating system and Xymon 4.3.7 as client, reporting successfully to the Xymon server. I have been in the need to write a script that is running on a fixed time of a day. Therefore I configured the script in the clientlaunch.cfg on the client as follows:

[xymoncheckscript-custom] ENVFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/etc/xymonclient.cfg CMD $XYMONCLIENTHOME/ext/xymoncheckscript-custom.sh LOGFILE $XYMONCLIENTHOME/logs/ xymoncheckscript-custom.log CRONDATE 0 11 * * *

When restarting the xymon services on the client I get the following entry in clientlaunch.log:

2012-06-13 10:58:53 Can't parse cron date: xymoncheckscript-custom->0 11 * * *

The man page of tasks.cfg has the section: ===============================================================

[monthlyreport]

ENVFILE /usr/local/xymon/server/etc/xymonserver.cfg

CMD /usr/local/xymon/server/ext/monthlyreport.sh

CRONDATE 30 4 1 * * : :

The CRONDATE keyword is used for tasks that must run at regular intervals or at a specific time. The time specification is identical to the one used by cron in crontab<http://xymon.mrv.de/xymon/help/manpages/man5/crontab.5.html>(5) entries, i.e. a sequence of numbers for minute, hour, day-of-month, month and day-of-week. Three-letter abbreviations in english can be used for the month and day-of-week fields. An asterisk is a wildcard. So in the example above, this job would run once a month, at 4:30 AM on the 1st day of the month. ===============================================================

For my understanding everything I've set up should work, but it doesn't.

Where's my fault? I would really like to fire this check-script from clientlaunch.cfg instead of an crontab entry.

Regards Christian

CHRISTIAN BECKER System Engineer CSC

August-Horch-Strasse 28, 56070 Koblenz, Germany Global Outsourcing Services Central Region | www.csc.com

________________________________

CSC * This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose * CSC Deutschland Services GmbH * Registered Office: Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany * Board of Directors: Gerhard Fercho (Chairman),Thomas Nebe, Peter Schmidt * Registered in Germany: HRB 7574, Wiesbaden _______________________________________________ Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon

________________________________ CSC • This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose • CSC Deutschland Services GmbH • Registered Office: Abraham-Lincoln-Park 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany • Board of Directors: Gerhard Fercho (Chairman),Thomas Nebe, Peter Schmidt • Registered in Germany: HRB 7574, Wiesbaden