Hi Haroon, if your patch is not in 1.2rc5, please send it again ...
cheers tobi Today Haroon Rafique wrote: > On Wednesday at 1:44pm, CW=>Chris Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CW> Hi all, > CW> > CW> rrdtool does not always exit with a return code greater than 0 when > CW> there is a problem with its command line. For example: > CW> > > Chris, > > Related to this topic, I posted this on the rrd-users list a while ago > (Oct 1, 2004): > http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users/msg09002.html > and then on the developer list (Oct 21, 2004): > http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-developers/msg01344.html > > If memory serves me right, I got a reply from Tobi (which I can't find) > asking me to provide a patch (which I did). Dunno what happened to it > afterwards. > > CW> [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris]$ /usr/bin/rrdtool create /foo/bar.rrd --start > CW> 1112784412 DS:battery_voltage:GAUGE:600:U:U > CW> DS:input_frequency:GAUGE:600:U:U DS:input_voltage:GAUGE:600:U:U > CW> DS:input_voltage.minim:GAUGE:600:U:U > CW> DS:input_voltage_maximum:GAUGE:600:U:U DS:ups_load:GAUGE:600:U:U > CW> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 > CW> RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 > CW> ERROR: can't parse argument 'DS:input_voltage.minim:GAUGE:600:U:U' > CW> > CW> [EMAIL PROTECTED] chris]$ echo $? > CW> 0 > CW> > CW> The output error message could also be more useful. I had to use trial > CW> and error to find out that the maximum length of a variable name was 19 > CW> characters and that dots (.) were not allowed. > CW> > CW> Cheers, Chris. > CW> > > -- > Haroon Rafique > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users > WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi > -- ______ __ _ /_ __/_ / / (_) Oetiker @ ISG.EE, ETL F24.2, ETH, CH-8092 Zurich / // _ \/ _ \/ / System Manager, Time Lord, Coder, Designer, Coach /_/ \.__/_.__/_/ http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker +41(0)44-632-5286 -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/rrd-users WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
