[rrd-users] gap in graph in case of UNKNOWN value

[Simon Hobson]

Martin T wrote:

>sorry about late reply. So basically I guess something like this should work:
>
>
><<<<<
>#!/bin/bash
>
>#executes hddtemp and prints only the temperature number without units
>temp=$(hddtemp -n /dev/sda)
>
>#in case $temp string is empty, a "U" value is put to the database
>if [ -n "$temp" ]
>then
>rrdtool update /home/martin/hdd.rrd N:$temp
>else
>rrdtool update /home/martin/hdd.rrd N:U
>fi
>
>>>>>>
>
>Am I correct?

Yes. Does it work ?

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