[rrd-users] Escaping a colon

Tue Apr 16 16:02:16 CEST 2013

get a newer trunk version!

cheers tobi

Tobias Oetiker

On 16.04.2013, at 08:56, antondoe <antondoe at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> We're using RRDtool 1.4.99912102900
> 
> Running:
> 
> $ rrdtool graph 1.png --daemon <ip>:<port> "DEF:In=blabla"
> "LINE1:In#00FF00:in" "COMMENT:lala\:lala"
> 
> Produces a literal "lala\:lala" comment on the graph.
> 
> Using "COMMENT:lala:lala" produces an error:
> ERROR: Unused Arguments in COMMENT:lala:lala: ��yi6pos2=lala
> 
> Adding more slashes, i.e. "COMMENT:lala\\\:lala" just multiplies them on the
> graph.
> 
> Basically we are unable to find a way to print just ":" in the comment.
> 
> Appreciate your help on this.
> 
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