[mrtg] External log parser

[Matthew Daubenspeck]

I am trying to use a test shell script to parse through my email logs to
show spam filtered messages and "clean" messages. The external script
works well, as well as it's interaction with mrtg. However, I can't seem
to get it to properly report the correct numbers.

This is on a testing server, so the message numbers are low...

mrtg.cfg:

Target[spam]: `/usr/local/scripts/spam.sh`
Options[spam]: nopercent, integer, gauge
MaxBytes[spam]: 200
AbsMax[spam]: 200
Title[spam]: Email Message Breakdown
PageTop[spam]: <H1>Email Message Breakdown</H1>
YLegend[spam]: Messages
ShortLegend[spam]: &nbsp;Messages
LegendI[spam]: Clean&nbsp;
LegendO[spam]: Spam&nbsp;

This is where I get a bit foggy. The external script just parses the log
and counts how many times a certain string is printed. As the day goes
on, the numbers returned will obviously grow, but I do not want to
report the TOTAL number, only the difference from the last report. 

Do I have to modify my script, or can mrtg calculate the difference?

Thanks for the help.

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  Matthew Daubenspeck
  http://www.oddprocess.org

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