I saw a nice how-to on how to set up the command line (below) to launch using the Win2000 Scheduler control panel. I tried to find it again, but can't seem to locate it. The big thing is that it can be set up with that control panel without any additional tools (such as the FireDaemon product mentioned at bottom). Anyway, here's an excerpt of the MRTG Win32 installation guide at www.mrtg.org. This will get you what you need. MAKE MRTG RUN ALL THE TIME
Starting mrtg by hand every time you want to run it is not going to make you happy I guess. There is a special option you can set in the mrtg configuration file so so that mrtg will not terminate after it was started. Instead it will wait for 5 minutes and then run again. Add the option RunAsDaemon: yes to your mrtg.cfg file and start it with: start /Dc:\mrtg-2.9.26b\bin wperl mrtg --logging=eventlog mrtg.cfg If you use wperl instead of perl, no console window will show. MRTG is now running in the background. If it runns into problems it will tell you so over the EventLog. To stop MRTG, open the taskmanager and terminate the wperl.exe process. If mrtg has anything to tell you these messages can be found in the eventlog. If you put a shortcut with Target: wperl mrtg --logging=eventlog mrtg.cfg Start in: c:\mrtg-2.9.26b\bin into your startup folder, mrtg will now start whever you login to your NT box. If you do not want to log into your NT box just to start mrtg. Have a look at http://www.firedaemon.com/mrtg-howto.html which describes a free tool to start any program as a Service. The pages gives specific instructions for mrtg users. Jim Witherell Network Specialist --Live Intentionally-- IBM @ AK Steel Corp 513.425.3483 -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
