Swatch::Threshold.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2006-07-21 (fedora - 06/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

   Swatch::Threshold - Perl extension for thresholding in swatch(1)
 
 

SYNOPSIS

   use Swatch::Threshold;
 
   &Swatch::threshold(   SWID => <int>,
                         TYPE => <limit|threshold|both>,
                         TRACK_BY => <key>, # like an IP addr
                         COUNT => <int>,
                         SECONDS => <int>
                         );
 
 

SWATCH SYNTAX

   threshold track_by=<key>,
      type=<limit|threshold|both>,
      count=<int>,
      seconds=<int>
 
 

DESCRIPTION

   SWID is swatch's internal ID number for the watchfor block
 
   TYPE can be limit, threshold, or both
 
         Limit - Alert on the 1st COUNT events during the time interval,
            then ignore events for the rest of the time interval. 
 
         Threshold - Alert every COUNT times we see this event during the 
            time interval.
 
         Both
            Alert once per time interval after seeing COUNT occurrences of the
            event, then ignore any additional events during the time interval.
 
   SECONDS is the time interval
 
 

AUTHOR

E. Todd Atkins, todd.atkins@stanfordalumni.org

SEE ALSO

perl(1), swatch(1).