Graphing with MRTG something other than active leases?

[Niall O'Reilly]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:04 +0100, Jerimiah Cole <jcole at tbtc.net> wrote:

> Why not just:
> grep DISCOVER /var/log/dhcp.log | wc -l
> I think MRTG is smart enough to realize when the log rotates and the
> count plummets.

	This approach involves counting the start of the log repeatedly.

	I've not done what the OP is asking about.

	A colleague who extracts other data from logs recommends
	the Perl module 'File::Tail'
	<http://search.cpan.org/~mgrabnar/File-Tail-0.99.3/Tail.pm>.
	It may be worth a look.

	Niall O'Reilly
	University College Dublin IT Services