I have a simple perl script that pulls out entries from the amdump log file to track total number of files dumped, bytes output to tape, etc, then feeds these out for processing by MRTG. It works nicely but I can't grab the data during the actual dump phase, only after it's complete when the entire log is written out.
Is there a file I could be pulling data from DURING the dump so I can chart, for instance, number of files systems that have been backed up, or a count of bytes sent off to tape? admump.1 or log.<currentdate>.0 only seem to be updated once the dump is complete so I only have the summary information after it is finished. Thanks much for any help. -Matt
