Re: {bb} Cim.pl

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 14:27, Beal, Rodney (SBS US) wrote:
> I have implemented the cim.pl extension .. It runs fine but I am seeing
> a weird symptom ..
> 
> It runs every 5 minutes (by default) and it does not seem to be keeping
> its state from run to run ..
> In the bb-hist, it goes from clear to green everytime ..

Is the status really shown as "clear" or is it "unknown"? If you check
the bb2.html page, it should indicate which. You can also confirm this
from the $BBVAR/hist/allevents file. If the last two fields of the lines
that correspond to this test are "- -1", that would be consistent with
the periodic "unknown" status and the disappearing log file.

> I see a new hist entry for each run, instead of a single one that would
> only change when the state changed from green
> 
> It looks like the cim file is being deleted from the BBVAR/logs
> directory, so when it runs again, it creates a new one ..
> 
> I use several extensions and this is the only one acting like this ...

There shouldn't be much opportunity for a script that uses the correct
protocol to make a mess of the server data. Perhaps the only thing
that might cause a problem like this would be if duplicate status
messages are being received almost simultaneously.

> I am using bbgen 3.6 .. 

What is the version of BB that this has been applied to?

> I would hope the files would remain in the bbvar/logs directory ...

That's what should happen. It might be handy to try running the
script with debugging switched on. That should help to verify
that the data is being sent correctly.

Cheers, Phil.



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