LinuxQuestions.org - [NAGIOS] problems with mainscript and subscript

Hi all

I've made a mainscript and a subscript that must be implemented in NAGIOS.
What do those scripts do, well:
situation:
the mainscript makes connection to a remote server, then it copies another script (=subscript) to it and executes it, then the result of that subscript is redirected to a variable on the local server where the mainscript can do something with it (e.g. if the variable contains a 1 -> OK, 2 -> WARNING, ...)

code:

Code:

mainscript

# Initiliaze variables

EXITSTATUS=$STATE_OK



# Copying a file to the remote server

# Then executing the script I just copied

scp /folder/scriptname user@host:/home/vusbe

VAR=$(ssh user@host './scp_cd.sh')

echo $VAR



if [ $VAR = 2 ]; then

                EXITSTATUS=$STATE_CRITICAL

                echo STATE_ERROR

                

        elif [ $VAR = 1 ]; then

                EXITSTATUS=$STATE_WARNING

                echo STATE_WARNING

else

        echo niks aan de hand

        EXITSTATUS=$STATE_OK

fi



# End of script

echo script is finished

subscript:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

echo subscript



error=`ls /some/folder/ | grep error* | wc -w`



if [ $error -gt 0 ]; then

        i="2" # ERROR MESSAGE

else

        i="0" # OK MESSAGE

fi



echo $i

the result (NAGIOS):

Code:

niks aan de hand

script is finished

but it should give me the STATE_ERROR !!
so, can anyone say what i'm doing wrong (i'm not experienced with NAGIOS, i'm a first-timer to this ;))
is it also possible to copy another script in a NAGIOS plugin?

I know it's a lot of information/code and it can be a little tricky to answer, but i hope you guys are up for the challenge :D

Thx