[mrtg] Re: Preserving data when upgrading mrtg from gif to png ?

Derek Chesterfield dez at dezsmac.demon.co.uk
Mon Nov 22 14:38:41 MET 1999


You do not need to do anything to preserve the data in the GIFs. MRTG stores
the stats in the LOG, and regenerates the GIFs (or PNGs) from that data when
it next runs. For example, you can delete a GIF now, and if will reappear
when MRTG next runs.

Dez

Ian Stong wrote:

> Upgrading from 2.5.3 using gifs to 2.8.8 using png for the graphs.   Is
> there any way to preserve the existing data graphs that are in gif format
> such as converting them to png or something similar?  Using png now with
> 2.8.8 but the monthly/yearly/etc are in gif format.
>
> Thanks
>
> istong at usatoday.com
>
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