allow multiple fping plugins to be running with different settings each

diff --git a/plugins.d/fping.plugin b/plugins.d/fping.plugin
index 3a61ab338005f966d4d596eb67031470317db014..d523f4474b52d01c008af15b015986b6395ec81b 100755 (executable)
--- a/plugins.d/fping.plugin
+++ b/plugins.d/fping.plugin
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ debug() {
     [ $debug -eq 1 ] && log DEBUG "${@}"
 }
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# store in ${plugin} the name we run under
+# this allows us to copy/link fping.plugin under a different name
+# to have multiple fping plugins running with different settings
+plugin="${PROGRAM_NAME/.plugin/}"
+
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # the frequency to send info to netdata
@@ -137,21 +145,21 @@ fping_opts="-R -b 56 -i 1 -r 0 -t 5000"
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # load the configuration file
 
-if [ ! -f "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf" ]
+if [ ! -f "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/${plugin}.conf" ]
 then
-       fatal "configuration file '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf' not found - nothing to do."
+       fatal "configuration file '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/${plugin}.conf' not found - nothing to do."
 fi
 
-source "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf"
+source "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/${plugin}.conf"
 
 if [ -z "${hosts}" ]
 then
-       fatal "no hosts configued in '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf' - nothing to do."
+       fatal "no hosts configued in '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/${plugin}.conf' - nothing to do."
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${fping}" -o ! -x "${fping}" ]
 then
-       fatal "command '${fping}' is not executable - cannot proceed."
+       fatal "command '${fping}' is not found or is not executable - cannot proceed."
 fi
 
 if [ ${ping_every} -lt 20 ]