I recall that there are different options for ps based on whether or not you used the "-". (it's been a long time!)
good luck! Let us all know what the options wind up being!
--jms
From: Cayo de Moraes [mailto:user-92aec3b3c467@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 4:53 AM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: Re: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
thanks for this solution guys... now i have to fight a litle bit with the syntax under Unix AIX 5.3... its unfortunately not the same as in Linux
2009/11/23 Galen Johnson <user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid>
no, your ps statement was REALLY tiny in the email I responded to. In plain text, it looks normal.
=G=
From: Sheets, Jerald [user-dc7b196c5161@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 3:59 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
Well, I would've figured that if it was wrapping, it would actually be easier to find the string he's looking for at the end of the Java line. If it was truncating, he wasn't getting it at all.
Did I err in that assumption somewhere?
--j
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From: Galen Johnson [mailto:user-87f955643e3d@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 3:19 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
When they said too long, I didn't think they meant a smaller font (those of you who received the previous email in html know what I'm talking about. ;-)
=G=
From: Sheets, Jerald [user-dc7b196c5161@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:32 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
Interesting.
I was just checking out the output in Xymon 4.3.0-0.beeta2, and the process listing under "procs" is not truncated at all for me.
I was about to setup a new check, and see what I could come up with, and I happened to catch the Xymon command that was run in that process listing, and it was:
ps -Aww -o pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,time,pmem,rsz,vsz,cmd
Good catch!
Jerald Sheets
Sr. Systems Engineer
CNN News Systems
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From: Brand, Thomas R. [mailto:user-10a840458972@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 1:27 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: RE: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
From: Cayo de Moraes [mailto:user-92aec3b3c467@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:12 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
Subject: [hobbit] Procs --> output of a process from ps -ef is too long
Hello guys,
im having some problems to monitor processes with a long output (most of them are java processes). Hobbit seems to cut the output at certain size and i have to look for a string which appears at the end of the output.
where can i change this length limit?
I had the same problem, also with java processes.
Assuming you are using Linux, look in the ~hobbit/client/bin/hobbitclient-linux.sh, look for the line echo "[ps]"
Change the 'ps ' command which follows according to your systems requirements.
For example, under SLES, I had to add 'ww' and changee it to:
ps -Aww -o pid,ppid,user,start,state,pri,pcpu,time,pmem,rsz,vsz,cmd
Tom Brand
Disclaimer: 1) all opinions are my own, 2) I may be completely wrong, 3) my advice is worth at least as much as what you are paying for it, or your money cheerfully refunded.