Re: Maximum number of FOR X CYCLES

[Martin Pala]

Hi Callum,

yes, the number of cycles option in the test is limited to 64 currently, 
because we store the service states history in a 64-bit bitmap (64 cycles).

We've updated the documentation, thanks for letting us know :)


Cheers,
Martin


On 06 Oct 2014, at 18:03, Callum Macdonald <address@hidden> wrote:

> I use monit to alert on excessive replication delay. It triggers fairly 
> frequently and resolves itself within an hour or so. I wanted to disable the 
> erroneous alerts by increasing the number of failed cycles. I tried:
> 
>        if status != 0
>                for 3600 cycles # Alert if down for 1 hour
> 
> Then I got:
> 
>        Error: the number of cycles must be between 1 and 64 '3600'
> 
> Checked the docs but didn't see this maximum of 64 mentioned anywhere.
> 
> Is this 64 a hard limit? Any way to increase it?
> 
> If so, is it worth adding something to the documentation to mention this? 
> Caught me by surprise.
> 
> Cheers - Callum.
> 
> PS> Continued thanks for a truly useful piece of software.
> 
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