On Sun, 27 May 2007, Uwe Steinmann wrote:
[...]
> Sorry for the long delay. It took me quite some time to figure out
> what's going on here.
> 
> The documentation is bit scarce on this.
> It will work, if you specify the command as
> 'local-netmrg-lmsensors.pl %parameters%'
> %parameters% will be replaced with 'temp1' in your case.

I have not tried this (NetMRG was temperamental enough that I prefer not 
to touch my config now that I got it to work well), but if I understand 
the above correctly, then the attached patch may help clarify this 
point.


-- 
Francois Gouget <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>              http://fgouget.free.fr/
           Cahn's Axiom: When all else fails, read the instructions.
diff -ur netmrg-0.18.2.orig/README netmrg-0.18.2/README
--- netmrg-0.18.2.orig/README	2004-11-09 05:26:14.000000000 +0100
+++ netmrg-0.18.2/README	2007-05-30 10:25:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -1389,10 +1389,12 @@
 Edit
 
      * Name - An description used to identify the test.
-     * Command - The program to execute for this test. If the value of
-       this field does not start with a slash, it is assumed that the
-       command  is located in the default NetMRG tests directory.
-       Commands are passed to a shell for execution by the gatherer.
+     * Command - The program to execute for this test and its
+       arguments. If the value of this field does not start with a
+       slash, it is assumed that the command  is located in the
+       default NetMRG tests directory. Commands are passed to a shell
+       for execution by the gatherer. Add %parameters% where you would
+       like NetMRG to add its parameters.
      * Data Type - The type of data gathered from the program.
           + Standard Out - Data from the program's standard output is
             returned. The program should output data on one line which
diff -ur netmrg-0.18.2.orig/share/doc/netmrg.sgml netmrg-0.18.2/share/doc/netmrg.sgml
--- netmrg-0.18.2.orig/share/doc/netmrg.sgml	2004-11-09 05:26:14.000000000 +0100
+++ netmrg-0.18.2/share/doc/netmrg.sgml	2007-05-30 10:25:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -1314,7 +1314,7 @@
 			<refsect2><title>Edit</title>
 			<itemizedlist>
 			<listitem><para><guilabel>Name</guilabel> - An description used to identify the test.</para></listitem>
-			<listitem><para><guilabel>Command</guilabel> - The program to execute for this test.  If the value of this field does not start with a slash, it is assumed that the command is located in the default NetMRG tests directory.  Commands are passed to a shell for execution by the gatherer.</para></listitem>
+			<listitem><para><guilabel>Command</guilabel> - The program to execute for this test and its arguments.  If the value of this field does not start with a slash, it is assumed that the command is located in the default NetMRG tests directory.  Commands are passed to a shell for execution by the gatherer. Add %parameters% where you would like NetMRG to add its parameters.</para></listitem>
 			<listitem><para><guilabel>Data Type</guilabel> - The type of data gathered from the program.
 				<itemizedlist>
 					<listitem><para><guilabel>Standard Out</guilabel> - Data from the program's standard output is returned.  The program should output data on one line which should be a numeric value or "U" to specify an unknown value.</para></listitem>
diff -ur netmrg-0.18.2.orig/share/doc/txt/netmrg.txt netmrg-0.18.2/share/doc/txt/netmrg.txt
--- netmrg-0.18.2.orig/share/doc/txt/netmrg.txt	2004-11-09 05:26:14.000000000 +0100
+++ netmrg-0.18.2/share/doc/txt/netmrg.txt	2007-05-30 10:25:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -1389,10 +1389,12 @@
 Edit
 
      * Name - An description used to identify the test.
-     * Command - The program to execute for this test. If the value of
-       this field does not start with a slash, it is assumed that the
-       command  is located in the default NetMRG tests directory.
-       Commands are passed to a shell for execution by the gatherer.
+     * Command - The program to execute for this test and its
+       arguments. If the value of this field does not start with a
+       slash, it is assumed that the command  is located in the
+       default NetMRG tests directory. Commands are passed to a shell
+       for execution by the gatherer. Add %parameters% where you would
+       like NetMRG to add its parameters.
      * Data Type - The type of data gathered from the program.
           + Standard Out - Data from the program's standard output is
             returned. The program should output data on one line which

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