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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-06-16 11:33:52 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-06-16 11:33:52 +1200
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Semi-sensible default for NSCA_SERVER
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Command wrapper that sends an appropriate passive check to an NSCA server using
`send_nsca`, depending on the command's outcome.
-Make sure `send_nsca` is in `$PATH` and that `NSCAW_SERVER` is set.
+Make sure `send_nsca` is in `$PATH`. You'll almost certainly want to set
+`NSCA_SERVER` in `/etc/default/nscaw` as well, but it makes an effort in
+defaulting to `nsca`.
$ nscaw IMPORTANT_JOB -- important-job -o options args ...