[Nagiosplug-help] Contrib plugin

[Andreas Ericsson]

DKatz at solarcom.com wrote:
> 
> When I was working on check_snmp, I used the install directory.  There is a
> makefile for the whole thing which you used when you first compiled.
> Makefile with no switches will automatically only compile source code that
> is new.  If a binary is current, then it leaves it alone.
> 

check_snmp is one of the standard plugins. I fail to see in what way 
this is related to the contrib directory?

> I also used 'make install' to put the new binary into the pathed directory.
> I was on a development system so there was no interference with production.
> 
> It was fast enough that I could repeatedly re-compile my one binary without
> waiting very long.
> 
> I kept two windows open so I could edit in one window and compile in the
> other.  Saves changing directories frequently.
> 

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Andreas Ericsson                   andreas.ericsson at op5.se
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