I wrote: >At the moment, my cgi scripts (all in Bash) call rrdtool graph to >create static image files as the html is generated - these are stored >in an images directory and only generated if an existing file is out >of date (using --lazy option). I'd like to re-write at least some of >this so that the html is static, and the images themselves are >generated on-the-fly as they are accessed - in part because >management is now wanting to incorporate individual graphs in other >pages that I don't have anything to do with. > >Can anyone point me to some examples, or give some hints, on good >ways to do this ? Could I, for example, have '.png' as a cgi (only >for a specific folder on the server) and have a png file which is >actually a bash script that generates the graph image and then pipes >it out on stout ?
I've had a number of replies (on and off list) thanks. I've now twigged that all I need to do is adapt my existing scripts a bit, and change the set the Content-type header to suit. So all I need to do is have a script like : build graph image file send headers cat image file _______________________________________________ rrd-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.oetiker.ch/cgi-bin/listinfo/rrd-users
