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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Set a default path
+PATH="/usr/bin:/bin"
+
+# This is where we write to Nagios command pipe
+# Make sure it's writeable (follow Nagios plugin exit code API)
+commandfile="/usr/local/nagios/var/rw/nagios.cmd"
+if [ ! -w "$commandfile" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: Cannot write to $commandfile"
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+# Send to Nagios
+send_nagios() {
+  now=`date +%s`
+  /bin/printf "[%lu] $*\n" $now > $commandfile
+}
+
+# Stop executing service checks
+stop_engine() {
+  send_nagios "STOP_EXECUTING_SVC_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "STOP_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "STOP_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "STOP_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "DISABLE_EVENT_HANDLERS"
+  send_nagios "DISABLE_NOTIFICATIONS"
+  send_nagios "DISABLE_FLAP_DETECTION"
+  send_nagios "DISABLE_PERFORMANCE_DATA"
+}
+
+# Start the monitoring engine
+start_engine() {
+  send_nagios "START_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_HOST_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "START_ACCEPTING_PASSIVE_SVC_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "START_EXECUTING_HOST_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "START_EXECUTING_SVC_CHECKS"
+  send_nagios "ENABLE_EVENT_HANDLERS"
+  send_nagios "ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS"
+  send_nagios "ENABLE_FLAP_DETECTION"
+  send_nagios "ENABLE_PERFORMANCE_DATA"
+}
+
+while [ -n "$1" ]; do
+  case "$1" in
+    start) start_engine; shift 1;;
+    stop) stop_engine; shift 1;;
+    *) shift 1;;
+  esac
+done
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