Hi Paul: Have you considered using netcat instead of telnet?
Cheers, Bernard On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Paul Banyan23 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there. > I'd like to dump gmetad data to an XML file for offline processing. > > The output XML file should look exactly like the output you get from > telneting the gmeta server at port 8651. > > I have no problem dumping to a file while in terminal, using: > /usr/bin/telnet localhost 8651 | /bin/grep -v "Trying ::" | /bin/grep -v > "Trying 127" | /bin/grep -v "Connected to " | /bin/grep -v "Escape > character" > /var/lib/ganglia/xmls/gmetad_out.xml > > However, when I try to do it using cron for periodic updates the output is > trunked, probably because the telnet session is closed before stdout dumps > the info to the file or something like that. > I tried using nohup option, but with no luck. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > Paul > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for > Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues > through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Ganglia-general mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Ganglia-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-general
