[erlang-questions] Erlang program and bash/Munin communication

[Max Bourinov]

Hi Matthew,

erl_call seems more convenient to me.

Thank you! Will give it a try.

Best regards,
Max




On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Matthew Evans <mattevans123@REDACTED>wrote:

> You could try erl_call
>
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erl_call.html
>
> Or escript called from bash.
>
> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/escript.html
>
> erl_call is normally hidden in the Erlang release somewhere, not in the
> default path.
>
> ------------------------------
> From: bourinov@REDACTED
> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:29:14 +0400
> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: [erlang-questions] Erlang program and bash/Munin communication
>
>
> Hi Dear Erlangers!
>
> I want to plot some stats from my Erlang program in munin (
> http://munin-monitoring.org/). For that I have to call it somehow from
> bash/sh script. Standart munin setup calls the script every 5 minutes.
>
> So, I want to know, what is a best way to establish one way (Erlang ->
> Bash) communication?
>
> One of approaches could be when Erlang program writes file to somewhere
> like /var/run/erl-prog and bash script reads it.
>
> Is there are any other simpler options available?
>
> p.s. I know that ejabberd has some interface to bash, but its code too
> complex to my task.
>
> Best regards,
> Max
>
>
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