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.