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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/check_dbi.c b/plugins/check_dbi.c
index 4a0a4d69..eefcf02a 100644
--- a/plugins/check_dbi.c
+++ b/plugins/check_dbi.c
@@ -455,7 +455,22 @@ print_help (void)
printf (" %s\n", _("The number and type of required DBI driver options depends on the actual"));
printf (" %s\n", _("driver. See its documentation at http://libdbi-drivers.sourceforge.net/"));
- printf (" %s\n", _("for details."));
+ printf (" %s\n\n", _("for details."));
+
+ printf (" %s\n", _("Examples:"));
+ printf (" check_dbi -d pgsql -o username=postgres -m QUERY_RESULT \\\n");
+ printf (" -q 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stat_activity' -w 5 -c 10\n");
+ printf (" Warning if more than five connections; critical if more than ten.\n\n");
+
+ printf (" check_dbi -d mysql -H localhost -o username=user -o password=secret \\\n");
+ printf (" -q 'SELECT COUNT(*) FROM logged_in_users -w 5:20 -c 0:50\n");
+ printf (" Warning if less than 5 or more than 20 users are logged in; critical\n");
+ printf (" if more than 50 users.\n\n");
+
+ printf (" check_dbi -d firebird -o username=user -o password=secret -o dbname=foo \\\n");
+ printf (" -m CONN_TIME -w 0.5 -c 2\n");
+ printf (" Warning if connecting to the database takes more than half of a second;\n");
+ printf (" critical if it takes more than 2 seconds.\n");
printf (UT_SUPPORT);
}