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ENABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION

Command Format:
ENABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION;<host_name>
Description:

Enables flap detection for the specified host. In order for the flap detection algorithms to be run for the host, flap detection must be enabled on a program-wide basis as well.

Shell Script Usage Example:
#!/bin/sh
# This is a sample shell script showing how you can submit the ENABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION 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] ENABLE_HOST_FLAP_DETECTION;host1\n" $now > $commandfile    
Command Categories:

Flap Detection
Hosts

Nagios Version(s):

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

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