From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38491BC84 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:47:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from first.in-berlin.de (dialin-145-254-065-121.arcor-ip.net [145.254.65.121]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j3TEl2IT019156 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:47:02 +0200 Received: by first.in-berlin.de (Postfix, from userid 501) id 8D147E08B7; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:46:53 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:46:53 +0200 From: Oliver Bandel To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Using Ocaml as wrapper for RRD Message-ID: <20050429144653.GA908@first.in-berlin.de> References: <20050415084931.GA11529@sun.ac.za> <20050429012004.GA994@first.in-berlin.de> <20050429093456.GC22410@sun.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050429093456.GC22410@sun.ac.za> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 427248E6.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; oliver:01 bandel:01 oliver:01 in-berlin:01 caml-list:01 ocaml:01 spies:01 bandel:01 ocaml:01 imho:01 ...:98 sponsoring:98 hobby:98 hobby:98 ...:98 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=FORGED_RCVD_HELO autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 11:34:56AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > Dear Oliver, > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 03:20:05AM +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote: > > Well, not a real general wrapper, but in a program that I wrote and that > > I rewrite from scratch to have a more sophisticated functionality, I > > also want to add code that creates RRD-tool output. > > Maybe it would make sense to do it as a library. But this is not planned > > now. > > > > In the mean time I have learnt a bit more about the RRD-libraries of > some languages and it seems to me the only addon (I might be wrong) is > that you can create rrd-graphs on the fly using a cgi. > > That is not really what I need. What do you need? > > > > The program I mentioned was a sendmail-loganalyzer and it goes through > > a whole sendmail-logfile and creates outputs like these: > > > > This is about what I want to do with exim-related logs. And it seems > that it is only necessary to create output that can be directed as > input to RRD-commands which will do the rest. Yes, RRDtool will be used via commandline intefcace, and so it is not much effort to write data into it. It could also be done via a call tu the function "system" (in C or OCaml or other languages). [...] > > IMHO rrdtool is cool. And if you have a patient way of living (or if > > you are interested in sponsoring me ;-)) then your problem will be > > solved very quickly. :) > > I am a newcomer to RRD and programming is more a hobby than a career > to me. Well, unfortunately that programming is a hobby for me is now the situation I'm in... looking for a job. > I will enjoy looking at what you have done to learn from it > and probably use the knowledge to create custom-made tools for my > situation. Well, it will need some time, because I do not always work on the program and do a lot of different things. > > As far as the sponsoring is concerned I apologise for my lack of > resources :) Well, that situation is the same, when looking at my ressources and this was the reason to mention the sponsoring. ;-) > > Enjoy your day. Well, I try. Do it better. ;-) Ciao, Oliver