On 03/04/2010 01:54 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote: >>> Added an entry to http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General : > Thanks for the comments Russ, but as Karanbir says, sysreport/sos > provides a LOT of information. We were shooting at much smaller targets > with the scripts. I should have mentioned - The effort was an outgrowth > of a long thread on the "User Comments" forum and not just my idea. I didnt say that sos was not a good idea - it is the *best* idea here, that is designed to do just sort of thing being attempted, but it does go into a lot of detail since its built to be run for a client talking to a business support guy at the other end, and not *everyone* over the internet. The other thing is that it can run for a long long time, hours in some cases. So there are negatives and the issue of toobig a tool for a small task; is a very valid issue. The other issue would be to get a plugin installed into sosreport, would need a bit more of an effort than just downloading and running a script. So the issue here is : - define what we want out of it ( I am not sure this has been defined anywhere ) - see if its easier to get that info out from sos or do a bash script > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=25030&forum=18 If it is a case of going down the bash script route, this is a good place to start. However, the script has no author or license / copyright info - you should fix that. Another thing that would be quite nice to see is if this script could auto-feed a pastebin and return a pastebin ID; as long as it does not increase the complexity of the script too much. - KB
