[mrtg] AW: Re: Problems with mrtg and external script in cfg

["Helmert, Jörg"]

Hi,

Target[chgeduld]: `c:/mrtg/cfg/sanitized/chgeduld.cmd`

works for me.

If it plays a role:
I use Active Perl from Active State.

In the perldoc which comes with Active Perl, you find hints
regarding use of slashes for paths in MS-DOS/Windows

<A=C=T=I=V=E=S=T=A=T=E=P=E=R=L=D=O=C>
Why can't I use ``C:\temp\foo'' in DOS paths?
What doesn't `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
Whoops! You just put a tab and a formfeed into that filename!
Remember that within double quoted strings (``like\this''),
the backslash is an escape character. The full list of these is in
Quote and Quote-like Operators in the perlop manpage.
Unsurprisingly, you don't have a file called ``c:(tab)emp(formfeed)oo''
or ``c:(tab)emp(formfeed)oo.exe'' on your legacy DOS filesystem.

Either single-quote your strings, or (preferably) use forward slashes.
Since all DOS and Windows versions since something like MS-DOS 2.0 or
so have treated / and \ the same in a path, you might as well use the
one that doesn't clash with Perl--or the POSIX shell, ANSI C and C++,
awk, Tcl, Java, or Python, just to mention a few.
POSIX paths are more portable, too.
</A=C=T=I=V=E=S=T=A=T=E=P=E=R=L=D=O=C>

I suggest the use of slashes instead of backslashes in perlscripts
for pathnames whenever possible.
For me its "best practice" now.

bye,

Joerg Helmert

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Von: Alex van den Bogaerdt [mailto:alex at slot.hollandcasino.nl]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Juni 2002 09:51
An: jimjones at oct.net
Cc: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Betreff: [mrtg] Re: Problems with mrtg and external script in cfg



Jim Jones, Jr. wrote:

> The things that I am unsure of are to do with paths and win2k and mrtg...
> within the config, should i use the drive:\path\ ?  or just the \path\ ?

AFAIK you can use forward slashes (and you have to use forward slashes
only) or you use backslashes.  If you use backslashes, you need to tell
perl that you want a real backslahs --> you need to escape a backslash.

I think something like 'C:\\path\\to\\mrtg' will work.
Maybe you also need to escape the colon, I don't know.

There are some sites that specialize in mrtg on windows.  I think
there are a few pointers on faq.mrtg.org

HTH
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