I had the same problem with a script that returned a variable named 'offset'. (I changed the plugin source.)
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:53:31PM -0500, Nicholas Weaver wrote: > I did the same and can testify that it worked for me. > > Nicholas Weaver > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > m: 817-914-6166 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elhannah > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [zenoss-users] use sed to workaround "time" variable bug > > If you're getting the error: > > Type: RuntimeError > Value: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp > > and you're working with a data point with a name "time", you're likely > working up against what appears to be a bug. I found a thread that > touches on this, but there was only a glancing reference to a good > workaround until a fix is issued. > > To workaround the issue, use "sed" in the command line. The error is > generated because you're working with a variable "time", which is > defined by output from a command, e.g.,: > > RESULTS.......|time=0.999;;; etc. > > Since you can't change the name of the variable directly, you have to > modify the command by piping its results to "sed"... In the command > template definition, add to the end of the command: > | sed "s/time=/xtime=/" > > and now, you have to reference your time variable with name "xtime". A > little inconvenient, but it gets you where you need to be. > > Good luck. > > > > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > Read this topic online here: > http://community.zenoss.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=12490#12490 > > -------------------- m2f -------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users > _______________________________________________ > zenoss-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users -- David Carmean Network Appliance, Inc Infosystems Architect, 495 E. Java Drive Java (Sunnyvale) Engineering Lab Services Sunnyvale, CA 94089 _______________________________________________ zenoss-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zenoss.org/mailman/listinfo/zenoss-users
