[mrtg] Re: Log files and date

[Alex van den Bogaerdt]

Ian Stong wrote:
> 
> Performed some y2k testing vy moving clock forward, etc.  Then moved the
> date back.  Need to understand the date format used in the log files so I
> can delete the info collected during that y2k testing.   I think I can just
> delete that data from the log files but need to know how it derives the
> date.   When I run rateup now I get errors about the time as follows:
> 
> Rateup ERROR: .//rateup found that 10.10.2.3's log file time of 946705801
> was greater than now (945106395)
> ERROR: Let's not do the time warp, again. Logfile unchanged.
> 

I hate to bring you this bad news but you can't recover your data from
the current logs.  Next time, ask before testing.  You would have been
told to copy the *.log files ...

Read all about the logfile format in the documentation section.  This can
be found in the directory doc.

You may be able to salvage the log partially by removing all lines that
have a time stamp > now (gnu: date +%s) but I'm not sure how mrtg will
cope with incomplete logs.  In any case, make a copy of your logs before
experimenting any further.  At least you can use them on january 1st ...

Regards,
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