diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/apinger.c apinger-0.6.1/src/apinger.c
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/apinger.c	2012-07-26 11:10:07.608188198 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/apinger.c	2012-07-26 11:48:46.179125555 +0000
@@ -824,26 +824,49 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	tm=time(NULL);
-	fprintf(f,"%s\n",ctime(&tm));
+	if(!config->status_format) fprintf(f,"%s\n",ctime(&tm));
 	for(t=targets;t;t=t->next){
-		fprintf(f,"Target: %s\n",t->name);
-		fprintf(f,"Source: %s\n",t->config->srcip);
-		fprintf(f,"Description: %s\n",t->description);
-		fprintf(f,"Last reply received: #%i %s",t->last_received,
-			ctime(&t->last_received_tv.tv_sec));
-		fprintf(f,"Average delay: %0.3fms\n",AVG_DELAY(t));
+		if(config->status_format){
+			fprintf(f,"%s|%s|%s|%i|%i|%u|",t->name, t->config->srcip, t->description, t->last_sent+1,
+				 t->received, t->last_received_tv.tv_sec);
+			fprintf(f,"%0.3fms|", AVG_DELAY(t));
+		}
+		else{
+			fprintf(f,"Target: %s\n",t->name);
+			fprintf(f,"Source: %s\n",t->config->srcip);
+			fprintf(f,"Description: %s\n",t->description);
+			fprintf(f,"Last reply received: #%i %s",t->last_received,
+				ctime(&t->last_received_tv.tv_sec));
+			fprintf(f,"Average delay: %0.3fms\n",AVG_DELAY(t));
+		}
 		if (AVG_LOSS_KNOWN(t)){
-			fprintf(f,"Average packet loss: %0.1f%%\n",AVG_LOSS(t));
+			if(config->status_format){
+				fprintf(f,"%0.1f%%",AVG_LOSS(t));
+			}
+			else{
+				fprintf(f,"Average packet loss: %0.1f%%\n",AVG_LOSS(t));
+			}
+		}
+		if(config->status_format){
+			fprintf(f, "|");
+		}
+		else{
+			fprintf(f,"Active alarms: ");
 		}
-		fprintf(f,"Active alarms:");
 		if (t->active_alarms){
 			for(al=t->active_alarms;al;al=al->next){
 				a=al->alarm;
-				fprintf(f," \"%s\"",a->name);
+				if(config->status_format){
+					fprintf(f,"%s",a->name);
+				}
+				else{
+					fprintf(f," \"%s\"",a->name);
+				}
 			}
-			fprintf(f,"\n");
+			if(!config->status_format) fprintf(f,"\n");
 		}
-		else fprintf(f," None\n");
+		else fprintf(f,"none");
+		if(!config->status_format) fprintf(f,"\n");
 
 		buf1=NEW(char,t->config->avg_loss_delay_samples+1);
 		buf2=NEW(char,t->config->avg_loss_samples+1);
diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/apinger.conf apinger-0.6.1/src/apinger.conf
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/apinger.conf	2012-07-26 11:24:35.000000000 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/apinger.conf	2012-07-26 11:30:33.352064094 +0000
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 #	## Interval between file updates
 #	## when 0 or not set, file is written only when SIGUSR1 is received
 #	interval 5m
+#
+#	## Create status file in script parseable format (on) or human
+#	## readable format (off)
+#	scriptformat off
 #}
 
 ########################################
diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/cfgparser1.y apinger-0.6.1/src/cfgparser1.y
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/cfgparser1.y	2012-07-26 10:15:23.000000000 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/cfgparser1.y	2012-07-26 10:35:18.153063319 +0000
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 %token AVG_LOSS_DELAY_SAMPLES
 
 %token FILE_
+%token SCRIPTFORMAT
 
 %token ERROR
 
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@
 		{ cur_config.status_interval=$2; }
 	| INTERVAL TIME
 		{ cur_config.status_interval=$2; }
+	| SCRIPTFORMAT boolean
+		{ cur_config.status_format=$2; }
 	| statuscfg separator statuscfg
 ;
 
diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/cfgparser2.l apinger-0.6.1/src/cfgparser2.l
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/cfgparser2.l	2012-07-26 10:15:23.000000000 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/cfgparser2.l	2012-07-26 10:31:46.408063728 +0000
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 down		{ LOC; LOCINC; return DOWN; }
 false		{ LOC; LOCINC; return FALSE; }
 file		{ LOC; LOCINC; return FILE_; }
+scriptformat	{ LOC; LOCINC; return SCRIPTFORMAT; }
 group		{ LOC; LOCINC; return GROUP; }
 interval	{ LOC; LOCINC; return INTERVAL; }
 loss		{ LOC; LOCINC; return LOSS; }
diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/conf.h apinger-0.6.1/src/conf.h
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/conf.h	2012-07-26 10:15:23.000000000 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/conf.h	2012-07-26 10:33:09.770251230 +0000
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
 	char *pid_file;
 	char *status_file;
 	int status_interval;
+	int status_format;
 	char *timestamp_format;
 };
 
diff -ur apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/main.c apinger-0.6.1/src/main.c
--- apinger-0.6.1.orig//src/main.c	2012-07-26 10:15:23.000000000 +0000
+++ apinger-0.6.1/src/main.c	2012-07-26 11:13:52.643188408 +0000
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 	"/var/run/apinger.pid", /* pid file */
 	NULL,			/* status file */
 	0,			/* status interval */
+	0,			/* status format */
 	"%b %d %H:%M:%S"	/* timestamp format */
 };