Added new global variable "alert_source", for use with

  mauve-notification.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/custodian/custodian.cfg b/etc/custodian/custodian.cfg
index 2887bc7..3c38d41 100644
--- a/etc/custodian/custodian.cfg
+++ b/etc/custodian/custodian.cfg
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
 ##
 
 
+##
+# Some alerts might have a source attribute to set
+# currently only the mauive-alerter does, but that
+# could change.
+#
+# alert_source = custodian.one-eyed-jack
+#
+##
+
 
 ##
 # The target of the alert is alerter-specific.
diff --git a/lib/custodian/settings.rb b/lib/custodian/settings.rb
index f177083..2d4465d 100644
--- a/lib/custodian/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/custodian/settings.rb
@@ -181,6 +181,16 @@ module Custodian
 
 
     #
+    # The alert-source we send.  Only used when the notifier is set to mauve.
+    #
+    def alert_source
+      _load() unless( _loaded? )
+
+      @settings['alert_source'] || "Custodian"
+    end
+
+
+    #
     # The target for the alert.
     #
     # When the alerter is "smtp" the target is the mail address.