[rancid] clogin adding 'exit' command?

[heasley]

Fri, May 04, 2018 at 07:52:28PM +0100, Howard Jones:
> On 3 May 2018 at 18:39, Howard Jones <howie at thingy.com> wrote:
> > Aha, thanks! That's much neater than my bodge (make an f5login and
> > remove the conditional for send quit/exit).
> >
> > For anyone else, heasley's clogin patch above, plus this new type got me going:
> >
> > bigip13;script;rancid -t bigip13
> > bigip13;login;clogin
> > bigip13;module;bigip
> > bigip13;inloop;bigip::inloop
> > bigip13;command;rancid::RunCommand;modify cli preference pager disabled display-threshold 0
> > bigip13;command;bigip::ShowVersion;show sys version
> > bigip13;command;bigip::ShowHardware;show sys hardware
> > bigip13;command;bigip::ShowLicense;show sys license
> > bigip13;command;bigip::ShowRouteStatic;show /net route static
> > bigip13;command;bigip::WriteTerm;list all-properties recursive
> 
> I've just noticed that although if I run `rancid-run -r lb01` I get a
> successful collection, I don't get one during a normal hourly run
> (rancid-run with no params)
> 
> lb01: missed cmd(s): all commands
> lb01: End of run not found
> 
> (and also its buddy lb02) Both cases running as the same `rancid`
> user, which owns the files, so it doesn't appear to be permissions
> related. Every other device is running smoothly.
> 
> Is there some way to either keep the .new file or increase logging
> from rancid-run (like rancid -d)?

no; I've needed this in the past, but I wanted to keep the .raw.

perhaps first try just a cronjob.
. etc/rancid.conf; export NOPIPE=YES; rancid -d -t bigip13 host