[rrd-users] Re: Can't use folder name in DEF statement?

[Tobias Oetiker]

Today Schroeder, Dennis wrote:

> I have divided up my files as follows:
>
>      /perl = .pl files
>      /rrd  = .rrd files
>
> I have placed the following line in my .pl file:
>
>      my $rrddir="d:/rrd";
>      my $rrd="$rrddir/test.rrd";
>
> When I execute the RRDTool Graph function with:
>
>      DEF:a=$rrd:time:AVERAGE...
>
> I get the following error:
>
>      ERROR: can't parse DEF 'a=d:/rrd/test.rrd:time:AVERAGE' -2

try

'DEF:a=d\:\\rrd\\test.rrd:time:AVERAGE'

not the single quote !

cheers
tobi

> Can I use a directory in the DEF command, or will I have to do this some
> other way?
>
> Thanks!
>
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