Great! Thank you for sharing.

On 2/10/10, d.tom.schmitt at l-3com.com <d.tom.schmitt at l-3com.com> wrote:

In order to use: rename and make executable - ACK-CL.txt to ACK-CL.sh.

            mv ACK-CL.txt ACK-CL.sh

            chmod +x ACK-CL.sh

I cannot send a '.sh' file as it will be removed automatically from the Email.

I'm running 4.3.0-0.beta2 on CentOS 5.x.

Ralph Mitchell has found an un-documented option in 'bb' to allow you to use a command line script

to ACKnowledge an alert.

I have placed it into a short shell script. The comments make it easy to understand what is going on.

Hope this helps others as it has me.

Hope this option is included in the releases to come.

We need to have the 'man bb' page updated.

Thanks Ralph!

Thanks,

Tom Schmitt

Senior IT Staff - R&D

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Phone (801) 594-3030

Cell (801) 231-7230

eFax (413) 480-6873

D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com

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From: Schmitt, D Tom @ CSW-SLC Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:28 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: TS - blackberry small web page for ACK

I have an urgent requirement to be able to create a small web page for display on the blackberry.

OK SOLUTION (if I can get it to work):

I tried to use bb-ack.cgi but the documentation is not straight forward.

I see that it has "Ack" as a hidden value for ACTION.

FORM METHOD=GET and ACTION="&SCRIPT_NAME"

What does script name get set to on a correct run?

BETTER SOLUTION:

I can create a simple small web page and pass the link to the blackberry to the person on-call.

But I need to have a command line equivalent to the bb-ack.cgi to ACK the outage and supply the following variables.

            Same items on the bb-ack.cgi man page:

                            bb-ack.cgi

ACTION=action

NUMBER=acknum

DELAY=validity

MESSAGE=text

            I have not found the correct command.

I can DISABLE/ENABLE the device easily from 'bb' but I need to make an easy way to acknowledge

the event from a smart phone (blackberry).

Thanks,

Tom Schmitt

Senior IT Staff - R&D

Salt Lake City, UT 84116

Phone (801) 594-3030

Cell (801) 231-7230

eFax (413) 480-6873

D.Tom.Schmitt at L-3Com.com

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