Hi Dave, thanks for the tcl patch ...
> 2.) > > I've messed with mailgraph and written a simple cgi using rrdtool. > What you need is an API that lets a perl/tcl/etc. binding get the > output of rrdgraph directly -- skip the file stuff. After all, if > I have to write an image file and then turn around a read it so the > cgi can deliver the image to the client, why bother with a specialized > .so? ...Just run the rrdgraph program. Yes, I know it's a little > more efficient to load the .so once rather than run the program multiple > times... but it would be even better if the whole "writing the image > to a file" could be avoided in the first place. It also avoids the whole > business of picking a suitable "tmp" directory. > > Even the other functions (rrdlast, rrdfetch, etc.) would be easier to > deal with if they did not insist on writing the result to stdout. > > I think providing some interface to avoid the "write to stdout" or > "write a file" would be appreciated by all who want to embed rrd. > Certainly with .png files, it's possible to capture the image without > writing a file; I haven't looked, but it can't be too hard for the > others. the api can already write to an arbitrary fd ... check out the code ... maybe this helps ... cheers tobi -- ______ __ _ /_ __/_ / / (_) 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://lists.ee.ethz.ch/rrd-users WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
