X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdtool.pod;h=cd3c785244c065fb1db4202f1d4a039658061a65;hb=2f9c0721d1f7e9eceae3d04e197d0e4a46eeb3b1;hp=f421974e075ee7d9761f9dee7603956e7af896bb;hpb=e053f3d54f601572593b348610671c533493d02f;p=rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdtool.pod b/doc/rrdtool.pod index f421974..cd3c785 100644 --- a/doc/rrdtool.pod +++ b/doc/rrdtool.pod @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ The use of Bs guarantees that the B does not grow over time and that old data is automatically eliminated. By using the consolidation feature, you can still keep data for a very long time, while gradually reducing the resolution of the data along the time -axis. +axis. Using different consolidation functions (B) allows you to store exactly the type of information that actually interests you: the maximum @@ -260,21 +260,21 @@ accepts the same arguments as on the command line and some special commands like B and B. For detailed help on the server commands type: - rrdtool help cd|mkdir|ls|quit + rrdtool help cd|mkdir|pwd|ls|quit -When a command is completed, RRDtool will print the string 'C', -followed by timing information of the form BI -BI. Both values are the running totals of seconds -since RRDtool was started. If an error occurs, a line of the -form 'C I' will be printed. B -will not abort, if possible, but follow the ERROR line with an OK line. -If a B is specified and the UID is 0, RRDtool will do a -chroot to that workdir. If the UID is not 0, RRDtool only changes the -current directory to B. +When a command is completed, RRDtool will print the string 'C', +followed by timing information of the form BI +BI. Both values are the running totals of seconds since +RRDtool was started. If an error occurs, a line of the form 'C +I' will be printed instead. B will not abort, +unless something realy serious happens. If +a B is specified and the UID is 0, RRDtool will do a chroot to that +workdir. If the UID is not 0, RRDtool only changes the current directory to +B. =head2 RRD Server -If you want to create a RRD-Server, you must choose a TCP/IP Service +If you want to create a RRD-Server, you must choose a TCP/IP Service number and add them to I like this: rrdsrv 13900/tcp # RRD server @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ server and the client system must use the same port, of course. With this configuration you can add RRDtool as meta-server to I. For example: - + rrdsrv stream tcp nowait root /opt/rrd/bin/rrdtool rrdtool - /var/rrd Don't forget to create the database directory /var/rrd and @@ -308,5 +308,5 @@ Bugs? Features! =head1 AUTHOR -Tobias Oetiker +Tobias Oetiker