Sorry if I missed this from the Manual. Could you give me a few lines on how the different programs get executed? Just so that I can go tweak it if I need to. Thanks a lot. Jyotin
-----Original Message----- From: PAUL WILLIAMSON [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mrtg] Re: Question on how rateup program and perl routines in MRTGtie toge ther >>> "Jyotin Basrur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/07/04 10:40AM >>> >I need to modify/add to some of the features of MRTG. I am trying to >understand how MRTG code works. Oh boy...new features... >Here is what I am headed for: >I am assuming that MRTG simply takes the old and new values of the OID >and subtracts it amd figures out what the rate is based on the polling >interval. Not really, but sort of. It also takes into account the EXACT time it is polled and "normalizes" the data for a possible over or under from the exact interval. >If the value is a constant it will display a zero because there is no change >in the value...essentially it plots a rate >rather than a value. I need to make it plot a value as opposed to a rate. Dang, all this just to say RTFM. The feature is already there. Read up on Options: gauge. Paul -- 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 -- 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
