=head1 NAME

rrdpython - About the RRD Python bindings

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 import rrdtool
 rrdtool.create('/tmp/test.rrd', 'DS:foo:GUAGE:20:0:U')

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<rrdtool> functions are directly callable via the Python programming
language. This wrapper implementation has been written from the scratch
(without  SWIG)

The API's simply expects string parameters to the functions.  Please refer
to the other B<rrdtool> documentation for functions and valid arguments.

=head1 EXAMPLE

 import rrdtool, tempfile

 DAY = 86400
 YEAR = 365 * DAY
 fd,path = tempfile.mkstemp('.png')

 rrdtool.graph(path, 
              '--imgformat', 'PNG',
              '--width', '540',
              '--height', '100',
              '--start', "-%i" % YEAR,
              '--end', "-1",
              '--vertical-label', 'Downloads/Day',
              '--title', 'Annual downloads',
              '--lower-limit', '0',
              'DEF:downloads=downloads.rrd:downloads:AVERAGE',
              'AREA:downloads#990033:Downloads')

 info = rrdtool.info('downloads.rrd')
 print info['last_update']
 print info['ds']['downloads']['minimal_heartbeat']

=head1 SEE ALSO

rrdcreate, rrdupdate, rrdgraph, rrddump, rrdfetch, rrdtune, rrdlast,
rrdxport, rrdinfo

=head1 AUTHOR

Hye-Shik Chang E<lt>perky@i18n.orgE<gt>

Alan Milligan E<lt>alan.milligan@last-bastion.netE<gt>