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mrtg package

  1. Bug #30428
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 30428

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Kevin Otte (nivex) wrote : Re: [Bug 30428] Re: /var/lock/mrtg disappears on reboot

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:33:41PM -0000, Victor Hugo dos Santos wrote:
> */5 * * * * root if [ -d /var/lock/mrtg ]; then if [ -x
> /usr/bin/mrtg ] && [ -r /etc/mrtg.cfg ]; then env LANG=C /usr/bin/mrtg
> /etc/mrtg.cfg >> /var/log/mrtg/mrtg.log 2>&1; fi else mkdir
> /var/lock/mrtg; fi

The problem with this is that no data is logged during this run. You will
have a 10 minute gap in all your graphs.

It is probably better to simply do the mkdir in /etc/rc.local until the
package itself is corrected.

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