Re: [Perfparse-users] Question about the perfparse pipe method

[John C. <po...@ya...>]

Perhaps you could use "tee"? I've not used it in your
specific scenario, but maybe it will get you moving
down a good path.

Maybe some of the examples here will help
http://www.cpqlinux.com/redirect.html

HTH!
-John

--- John Vincent <lus...@gm...> wrote:

> We've been using the perfparse pipe method
> successfully for over a year now. 
> We're very happy with the whole setup.
> 
> However I have a need where I need to create rrdtool
> style graphs with 
> multiple values. What I would like to do is monitor
> the pipe with an 
> external process and insert the data into an rrd
> file for creating these 
> graphs. I don't want to run another monitor and
> double the number of times I 
> poll a server. I'm getting the data I need from
> Nagios just fine.
> 
> From my own tests with creating a pipe and running
> two tail sessions against 
> the pipe, only the last attached reader gets the
> data from the pipe. Is 
> there a safe way to from the perfparse pipe so that
> I don't interrupt 
> perfparse and cause missed perfomance data?
> 
> This is probably more of a general Linux question
> but for some reason, the 
> answer seems to be eluding me.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> John E. Vincent
> lus...@gm...
> 



		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
http://mail.yahoo.com