[mrtg] Re: Multiple WorkDir

[Kriegel, Kerry L.]

First question - Can I communicate directly with you, or is that bad
form?  I will continue to communicate with the "list" if that is the
right way to go.

Second - I implemented your suggestion in the following manner --> (I
also tried "\" in front of the Routers and Switches)

cfgMaker  --global "WorkDir:  D:\InetPub\MySite" 

               --global "Options[_]: growright,bits" 
               --global "SubDir[_]: Routers" 
               --subdirs HOSTNAME 
               --community  mystring
               --ifref ip 
               --ifdesc descr 
               --if-template D:\MRTG\bin\TrafficTmplate.txt 
               MyRouter
               --global "SubDir[_]: Switches" 
               --subdirs HOSTNAME 
               --ifref descr 
               MySwitch
               --output D:\MRTG\bin\County_Traffic.cfg  
 
And CfgMaker ran just fine.....producing the following cfg snippet....
 
-->  Comment Lines
 
--Line 18 THEN
EnableIPv6: no
WorkDir: WorkDir:  D:\InetPub\MySite
Options[_]: growright,bits
SubDir[_]: Routers
 
######################################################################
# System: MyRouter
# Description: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software 

--> Lots of stuff for MyRouter Interfaces
 
--> Line 110 THEN
SubDir[_]: Switches
 
######################################################################
# System:  MySwitch
# Description: Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software 

--> Lots of stuff for MySwitch Interfaces
 
Then I ran MRTG against this config file and the capture reveals this
--->
 
ERROR: CFG Error Unknown Option "subdir" on line 37 or above.
           Check doc/reference.txt for Help
 
So, either my implementation is wrong, or MRTG does not really
understand "SubDir"
 
As I have hundreds of devices in many Towns, Cities, Villages, etc. that
I monitor, I really do want to be able to produce graphs in multiple
directories WITHOUT have to manually create them.  Any assistance would
be GREATLY APPRECIATED.
 
 
 
 >Let me start by stating very clearly that I am NOT a programmer.  I
run
>MRTG on Windows.

Ok

>
>
>I have been using MRTG for years to monitor switches, routers and other
>devices.  The one thing I have always wanted to work was the ability to
>define multiple Global WorkDirs. The documentation, since the first
>version I ever used, has shown the following example ----



cfgmaker --global "WorkDir: /home/tobi"            \
          --global "Options[_]: growright,bits"    \
          --ifref=descr                            \
          --ifdesc=alias                           \
          public at router1.place.xyz                 \
          public at router2.place.xyz                 \
          --global "Options[_]: growright"         \
          --ifref=name                             \
          --ifdesc=descr                           \
          public at switch1.place.xyz                 \
          --ifdesc=name                            \
          public at switch2.place.xyz > mrtg.cfg

  

>seeming to indicate that Global Options can be initiated multiple times

Options[_]: is a per-target default, which can indeed be issued multiple
times.


> - and thus leading me to believe that Global Workdir should work the
>same way.

Nope.  Global workdir is just that, global, and only one value will be
remembered.

However, have no fear.  The subdir[foo] per-target option allows you to
specify different sub-directories for each target. so you could add:
--global "SubDir[_]: paris"  and later on --global "SubDir[_]: london"

Or you can use cfgmaker to make a unique directory per router, using the
--subdirs=HOSTNAME option.


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