ADD_HOST_COMMENT;<host_name>;<persistent>;<author>;<comment>

Description:

Adds a comment to a particular host. If the "persistent" field is set to zero (0), the comment will be deleted the next time Nagios is restarted. Otherwise, the comment will persist across program restarts until it is deleted manually.

#!/bin/sh
# This is a sample shell script showing how you can submit the ADD_HOST_COMMENT command
# to Nagios. Adjust variables to fit your environment as necessary.

now=`date +%s`
commandfile='/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd'

/bin/printf "[%lu] ADD_HOST_COMMENT;host1;1;Some Author;This is a test comment\n" $now > $commandfile    

Command Categories:

Nagios Version(s):

1.x, 2.x, 3.x, 4.x

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