cfetool import - import the contents of a database from XML format

cfetool import name --file|-f filename [--path|-p directory name] [--daily|-d] [--weekly|-w] [--yearly|-y] [--verbose|-v] [--help|-h]

Creates a new database from it's XML representation, in the format created by rrdtool dump.

The -d, -w, and -y options specify which databases to create and look for in the dump, and may be combined. If they are all ommitted, the default is to only import the weekly database.

--file|-f filename

Specifies the XML file to restore.

--path|-p

The directory in which to create the new database folder. If this argument is not provided, the current working directory will be used.

--daily|-d

Create a database for recording daily patterns.

--weekly|-w

Create a database for recording weekly patterns.

--yearly|-y

Create a database for recording yearly patterns.

--verbose|-v

Print details of the command's execution to the standard output stream.

--help|-h

Print a short help message and then exit.

  % cfetool import temperature_copy --path /my/path --file ./temperature.xml

Create a new weekly database, CWtemperature_copy, in the CW/my/path directory, and import it's contents from the file CWtemperature.xml in the current working directory.

The code and documentation were contributed by Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, a department of Stanford University. This documentation was written by

Elizabeth Cassell <e_a_c@mailsnare.net> and

Alf Wachsmann <alfw@slac.stanford.edu>

 Copyright 2004 Alf Wachsmann <alfw@slac.stanford.edu> and
                Elizabeth Cassell <e_a_c@mailsnare.net>
 All rights reserved.