4 use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
10 $VERSION=1.299907080300;
12 bootstrap RRDs $VERSION;
19 RRDs - Access RRDtool as a shared module
33 RRDs::times(start, end)
39 =head2 Calling Sequence
41 This module accesses RRDtool functionality directly from within perl. The
42 arguments to the functions listed in the SYNOPSIS are explained in the regular
43 RRDtool documentation. The commandline call
45 rrdtool update mydemo.rrd --template in:out N:12:13
49 RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd", "--template", "in:out", "N:12:13");
57 The RRDs::times function takes two parameters: a "start" and "end" time.
58 These should be specified in the B<AT-STYLE TIME SPECIFICATION> format
59 used by RRDtool. See the B<rrdfetch> documentation for a detailed
60 explanation on how to specify time.
64 The RRD functions will not abort your program even when they can not make
65 sense out of the arguments you fed them.
67 The function RRDs::error should be called to get the error status
68 after each function call. If RRDs::error does not return anything
69 then the previous function has completed its task successfully.
72 RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd","N:12:13");
74 die "ERROR while updating mydemo.rrd: $ERR\n" if $ERR;
78 The functions RRDs::last, RRDs::graph, RRDs::info, RRDs::fetch and RRDs::times
79 return their findings.
81 B<RRDs::last> returns a single INTEGER representing the last update time.
83 $lastupdate = RRDs::last ...
85 B<RRDs::graph> returns an pointer to an ARRAY containing the x-size and y-size of the
86 created image and results of the PRINT arguments.
88 ($averages,$xsize,$ysize) = RRDs::graph ...
89 print "Imagesize: ${xsize}x${ysize}\n";
90 print "Averages: ", (join ", ", @$averages);
92 B<RRDs::info> returns a pointer to a hash. The keys of the hash
93 represent the property names of the RRD and the values of the hash are
94 the values of the properties.
96 $hash = RRDs::info "example.rrd";
97 foreach my $key (keys %$hash){
98 print "$key = $$hash{$key}\n";
101 B<RRDs::updatev> also returns a pointer to hash. The keys of the hash
102 are concatenated strings of a timestamp, RRA index, and data source name for
103 each consolidated data point (CDP) written to disk as a result of the
104 current update call. The hash values are CDP values.
106 B<RRDs::fetch> is the most complex of
107 the pack regarding return values. There are 4 values. Two normal
108 integers, a pointer to an array and a pointer to a array of pointers.
110 my ($start,$step,$names,$data) = RRDs::fetch ...
111 print "Start: ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start)\n";
112 print "Step size: $step seconds\n";
113 print "DS names: ", join (", ", @$names)."\n";
114 print "Data points: ", $#$data + 1, "\n";
116 foreach my $line (@$data) {
117 print " ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start) ";
119 foreach my $val (@$line) {
120 printf "%12.1f ", $val;
125 B<RRDs::times> returns two integers which are the number of seconds since
126 epoch (1970-01-01) for the supplied "start" and "end" arguments, respectively.
128 See the examples directory for more ways to use this extension.
132 If you are manipulating the TZ variable you should also call the posixs
133 function tzset to initialize all internal state of the library for properly
134 operating in the timezone of your choice.
143 Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>