MRTG::Parse 0.03

MRTG::Parse is a 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_incomingn";
print "Outgoing Traffic: $traffic_outgoingn";
print "= Sum $traffic_sumn";

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