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diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml index 951f167b..718bd02a 100644 --- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml +++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ <section id="PlugOutput"><title>Plugin Output for Nagios</title> <para>You should always print something to STDOUT that tells if the - service is working or why its failing. Try to keep the output short - + service is working or why it is failing. Try to keep the output short - probably less that 80 characters. Remember that you ideally would like the entire output to appear in a pager message, which will get chopped off after a certain length.</para> @@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ when it notifies contacts about potential problems. If you print multiple lines, you're out of luck. Remember, keep it short and to the point.</para> + + <para>Output should be in the format:</para> + <literallayout> + METRIC STATUS: Information text + </literallayout> + <para>However, note that this is not a requirement of the API, so you cannot depend on this + being an accurate reflection of the status of the service - the status should always + be determined by the return code.</para> </section> <section><title>Verbose output</title> |