I think the >< characters are just email addons, they weren't in the original message.
However, I do see the main command line is surrounded by backticks:
`/usr/lib/xymon/server/ext/twitter/infrabot-tweet.pl recepient $X $msg`
Is that the case in the script? They should not be there.
From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> on behalf of zep <user-7203df77e300@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Friday, 18 September 2015 1:38 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] twitter style alerts are not working
On 09/17/2015 07:35 PM, usa ims via Xymon wrote:
Subject:
twitter style alerts are not working
From:
usa ims <user-42bb6445007b@xymon.invalid>
Date:
09/17/2015 07:22 PM
To:
"xymon at xymon.com" <xymon at xymon.com>
My twitter style alerts are not alerting me when there is an alert.
My 'alerts.cfg' file looks like:
HOST=www.xxx.com SERVICE=xxxWebPage
SCRIPT /usr/lib/xymon/server/etc/xx.sh FORMAT=SMS
COLOR=yellow,red RECOVERED
My 'hosts.cfg' file looks like:
216.x.x.x www.xxx.com #xxxWebPage
My 'xx.sh' looks like:
#!/bin/bash
X=`date`
msg=`echo "${BBALPHAMSG}"``</usr/lib/xymon/server/ext/twitter/infrabot-tweet.pl recepient $X
$msg>`<
.... what is your intended purpose of the marks between >< chars?
I wouldn't expect them there. also, is it a typo od does the script
really try to call 'ext' instead etc? (note the path difference from
your SCRIPT line and the path you call in the xx.sh script).
The xymon display server will turn red when there is an alert but I
don't get the twitter alert.
If I fire off the infrabot-tweet.pl on the command line, it works and
I get the twitter alert.
I checked the permissions and all files under /usr/lib/xymon are owned
by 'xymon:xymon'.
Please suggest, thanks.
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