Thanks , The PATH absense was the problem. AFter adding paths to every utility like awk grep n iostat, script is working gr8 :D Problem Solved. Thanks once Again . . .
---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:44:57 +0200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mrtg] MRTG Script error > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 07:52:53AM +0000, SYED JAHANZAiB ~!~ AA Internet > Cable. Network Services wrote: > >> But when i set it in MRTG , it shows me follwing error and donot updatedisk >> Graph. > >> 2008-04-21 17:04:38 -- 2008-04-21 17:04:02: WARNING: Problem with External >> get '/usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/disk.sh': >> Expected a Number for 'out' but got '' > >> What could be the error ??? > > > If it works from the command line but not from MRTG, it is likely > that your PATH setting is wrong when you run MRTG. > > For instance: awk is located in /usr/bin/awk but when MRTG is running > the PATH does not contain /usr/bin/. > > Solution #1: > * Always use full paths: write '/usr/bin/awk', not just 'awk'. > * Same for the other utilities you use. > > Solution #2: > * Make sure PATH does contain all necessary directories: > * > * Your script should contain the following line: > * PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/you/bin > * > * Make sure you change the command so that it applies to your system. > > In my opinion, solution #1 is the better one. > > Remark about your script: in almost all cases, you need not combine > 'grep' and 'awk' and 'sed'. > > Some examples: > > wrong: grep 'x' | awk '{print $1}' > good: awk '/x/ {print $1}' > > wrong: grep 'x' | sed 's/x/y/g' > good: sed -n '/x/s/x/y/gp' > > wrong: grep 'x' | awk '{print $1}' | sed 's/x/y/g' > good: awk '/x/{gsub("x","y",$1);print $1}' > > HTH > Alex > > _______________________________________________ > mrtg mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx _______________________________________________ mrtg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/mrtg
