[mrtg] Re: graph last value with current?

[John]

>On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 10:41:53PM +0200, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
> 
> You mean you need the opposite of what a normal counter accomplishes?
> 
> You get some kind of value starting at zero each time you poll (just
> like ABSOLUTE) and need to graph the total (as with GAUGE) ?
> 
> It is probably best to gather the numbers using a separate script,
> add them to the grand total and feed this grand total to MRTG
> (using the external program interface).
> 
> This being said, I think you really should use another program, such
> as excel, in stead of creating a workaround using MRTG.
> 
> HTH
> Alex
I'm not down with the excel ;).

Could i just strip the numbers from the log file?
awk '{(if $2 ~ [0-9]+) {COUNTER+= $2} END { print bla COUNTER bla}' > total.mrtg?

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