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

[Ian Stong]

It worked - thanks.   I was worried about losing the data when migrating from
2.5 to 2.8 as well as going from gif to png format.   BUT...   everything
worked out well.     Thanks

Derek Chesterfield wrote:

> 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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