[rrd-users] problem with 'cat file | rrdtool - ' syntax

[unicsonline]

Hello Tobi, and bravo for tour reactivity ;)

That's means that my file must be composed with only one line beginning
with graph ??


UnicsOnline


Hi unicsonline
>
> >
> > Now how to generate same graph, but with a pipe syntax, like 'cat file |
> > rrdtool - ' or 'rrdtool - < file' ?
> >
> > I have tried to just remove 'rrdtool' from the file listed upper, and
> then
> > perform a cat file | rrdtool - , and the result is:
> >
> > ERROR: Could not make sense out of '\'
> > ERROR: unknown function '--title'
> > ERROR: unknown function '--width'
> > ERROR: unknown function
> >
> 'DEF:v1_PhysicalCPU=lpar.rrd:PhysicalCPU:AVERAGE:step=300:end=start+24h:start=midnight'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'CDEF:r1_PhysicalCPU=v1_PhysicalCPU'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'VDEF:m1_PhysicalCPU=r1_PhysicalCPU,MINIMUM'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'VDEF:M1_PhysicalCPU=r1_PhysicalCPU,MAXIMUM'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'VDEF:A1_PhysicalCPU=r1_PhysicalCPU,AVERAGE'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'VDEF:l1_PhysicalCPU=r1_PhysicalCPU,LAST'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'CDEF:y1_PhysicalCPU=r1_PhysicalCPU,0,+'
> > ERROR: unknown function
> > 'LINE1:y1_PhysicalCPU#00FFFF:PhysicalCPU............................:'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'GPRINT:m1_PhysicalCPU:min\: %10.2lf'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'GPRINT:M1_PhysicalCPU:  max\: %10.2lf'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'GPRINT:A1_PhysicalCPU:  avg\: %10.2lf'
> > ERROR: unknown function 'GPRINT:l1_PhysicalCPU:  last\: %10.2lf\l'
> >
> > If I remove the '\' at end of each lines and rerun, the result is:
> >
> > 0x0
> > OK u:0.00 s:0.00 r:0.00
> > ERROR: unknown function '--title'
> > ERROR: unknown function '--width'
> > RRDtool 1.2.13  Copyright 1997-2006 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi at oetiker.ch>
> >                Compiled Jun 13 2006 11:14:25
>
> the backslash is a shell  thing, which gets removed prior to the
> line being processed by rrdtool ... it is not supported in pipe
> mode ... each command should be on a single (potentially long)
> line.
>
> cheers
> tobi
>
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