MRTG-Parse version 0.03
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MRTG::Parse - Perl extension for parsing and utilizing the logfiles
generated by the famous MRTG Tool.
SYNOPSIS
use strict;
use MRTG::Parse;
my $mrtg_logfile = "/var/www/htdocs/mrtg/eth0.log";
my $period = "day";
my $desired_unit = "GB";
my ($traffic_incoming, $traffic_outgoing, $traffic_sum) = mrtg_parse($mrtg_logfile, $period, $desired_unit);
print "Incoming Traffic: $traffic_incoming\n";
print "Outgoing Traffic: $traffic_outgoing\n";
print "= Sum $traffic_sum\n";
DESCRIPTION
This perl extension enables its users to parse and utilize the logfiles that
are generated by the famous MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) tool.
mrtg_parse() takes three argument:
1st: filename of the mrtg logfile
2nd: time period to genereate the output for
valid values are:
- individual time periods like: 20040821-20050130 (ISO 8601)
- static values: day, month, year
3rd: the desired unit (optional)
valid values are:
- B, KB, MB, GB, TB
- if missing mrtg_parse will chose an adequate one for you
mrtg_parse() returns three values:
1st: Incoming traffic
2nd: Outgoing traffic
3rd: Sum of incoming and outgoing
EXPORT
mrtg_parse()
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
SEE ALSO
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/ - MRTG Homepage
http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/mrtg-logfile.html - Description of the MRTG Logfile Format
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests directly to mariof@cpan.org. Thanks!
AUTHOR
Mario Fuerderer, mariof@cpan.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2005 by Mario Fuerderer
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
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