NAME

mysqlstatus - outputs current status of mysql to a readable format for rrdtool


SYNOPSIS

Connects to a MySQL server and outputs data for a SNMP collector like rrdtool


DEPENDENCIES

  MySQL
  DBI
  DBD::mysql
  ~/.my.cnf with [mysql] configured

Configure .my.cnf the same as you would for use with the mysql client.


getStatus

        Connect to the database and run the SHOW STATUS query.


CHANGELOG

 v1.4 - Matt
       Removed MATT::* dependencies, imported the new
         object methods from Mail::Toaster
       Also die with usage if invalid action is passed
 v1.3 - Matt
      Updated pod docs for pod2text README file
      Create ~/.my.cnf if it doesn't exist
 v1.2 - Matt 
      Use MATT::Mysql for connection ( gets MySQL user 
        info from .my.cnf instead of storing it in the 
        script file.)
      Removed a few redundant lines of code.
 v1.1 written by Rob Lensen


AUTHORS

 Rob Lensen (rob@bsdfreaks.nl)
 Matt Simerson (matt@tnpi.biz)


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Copyright (c) 2003-2004, Rob Lensen & The Network People, Inc. All rights reserved.

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