NAME

       cfetoolimport - import the contents of a database from XML format

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       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 omitted, the default is to only import the weekly database.

OPTIONS

       --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.

EXAMPLE

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

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

AUTHORS

       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 AND DISCLAIMER

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