=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<rrdtool graph> I<filename>
+B<rrdtool graph|graphv> I<filename>
[I<L<option|rrdgraph/OPTIONS>> ...]
[I<L<data definition|rrdgraph_data/DEF>> ...]
[I<L<data calculation|rrdgraph_data/CDEF>> ...]
want to display B<bits> per second. This is what the B<L<data
calculation|rrdgraph_data/CDEF>> command is designed for. After
B<consolidating> the data, a copy is made and this copy is modified
-using a rather powerful B<L<RPN|rrdgraph_rpn/>> command set.
+using a rather powerful B<L<RPN|rrdgraph_rpn>> command set.
When you are done fetching and processing the data, it is time to
graph it (or print it). This ends the B<rrdtool graph> sequence.
+Use B<graphv> instead of B<graph> to get detailed information about the
+graph geometry and data once it is drawn. See the bottom of the document for
+more information.
+
=head1 OPTIONS
-=over 4
-=item filename
+
+=head2 I<filename>
The name and path of the graph to generate. It is recommended to
end this in C<.png>, C<.svg> or C<.eps>, but B<RRDtool> does not enforce this.
I<filename> can be 'C<->' to send the image to C<stdout>. In
this case, no other output is generated.
-=item Time range
+=head2 Time range
[B<-s>|B<--start> I<time>]
[B<-e>|B<--end> I<time>]
The start and end of the time series you would like to display, and which
B<RRA> the data should come from. Defaults are: 1 day ago until
-now, with the best possible resolution. B<Start> and B<end> can
+now, with the best possible resolution. B<Start> and B<end> can
be specified in several formats, see
-L<AT-STYLE TIME SPECIFICATION|rrdfetch/> and L<rrdgraph_examples>.
+L<AT-STYLE TIME SPECIFICATION|rrdfetch> and L<rrdgraph_examples>.
By default, B<rrdtool graph> calculates the width of one pixel in
the time domain and tries to get data from an B<RRA> with that
resolution. With the B<step> option you can alter this behaviour.
from the B<RRD>, set B<step> to 3'600. Note: a step smaller than
one pixel will silently be ignored.
-=item Labels
+=head2 Labels
[B<-t>|B<--title> I<string>]
[B<-v>|B<--vertical-label> I<string>]
A horizontal string at the top of the graph and/or a vertically
placed string at the left hand side of the graph.
-=item Size
+
+=head2 Size
[B<-w>|B<--width> I<pixels>]
[B<-h>|B<--height> I<pixels>]
[B<-j>|B<--only-graph>]
+[B<-D>|B<--full-size-mode>]
-The width and height of the B<canvas> (the part of the graph with
+By default, the width and height of the B<canvas> (the part with
the actual data and such). This defaults to 400 pixels by 100 pixels.
+If you specify the B<--full-size-mode> option, the width and height
+specify the final dimensions of the output image and the canvas
+is automatically resized to fit.
+
If you specify the B<--only-graph> option and set the height E<lt> 32
pixels you will get a tiny graph image (thumbnail) to use as an icon
for use in an overview, for example. All labeling will be stripped off
the graph.
-=item Limits
+=head2 Limits
[B<-u>|B<--upper-limit> I<value>]
[B<-l>|B<--lower-limit> I<value>]
would display slightly less than C<260-0.001> to slightly more than
C<260+0.001> (this feature was contributed by Sasha Mikheev).
+[B<-J>|B<--alt-autoscale-min>]
+
+Where C<--alt-autoscale> will modify both the absolute maximum AND minimum
+values, this option will only affect the minimum value. The maximum
+value, if not defined on the command line, will be 0. This option can
+be useful when graphing router traffic when the WAN line uses compression,
+and thus the throughput may be higher than the WAN line speed.
+
[B<-M>|B<--alt-autoscale-max>]
Where C<--alt-autoscale> will modify both the absolute maximum AND minimum
[B<-N>|B<--no-gridfit>]
-In order to avoid anti-aliasing effects gridlines are placed on
-integer pixel values. This is by default done by extending
-the scale so that gridlines happens to be spaced using an
-integer number of pixels and also start on an integer pixel value.
-This might extend the scale too much for some logarithmic scales
-and for linear scales where B<--alt-autoscale> is needed.
-Using B<--no-gridfit> disables modification of the scale.
+In order to avoid anti-aliasing blurring effects rrdtool snaps
+points to device resolution pixels, this results in a crisper
+appearance. If this is not to your liking, you can use this switch
+to turn this behaviour off.
-=item Grid
+Gridfitting is turned off for PDF, EPS, SVG output by default.
-=over 4
-
-=item X-Axis
+=head2 X-Axis
[B<-x>|B<--x-grid> I<GTM>B<:>I<GST>B<:>I<MTM>B<:>I<MST>B<:>I<LTM>B<:>I<LST>B<:>I<LPR>B<:>I<LFM>]
and labels every 4 hours. The labels are placed under the major grid
lines as they specify exactly that time.
- --x-grid HOUR:8:DAY:1:DAY:1:0:%A
+ --x-grid HOUR:8:DAY:1:DAY:1:86400:%A
This places grid lines every 8 hours, major grid lines and labels
each day. The labels are placed exactly between two major grid lines
as they specify the complete day and not just midnight.
-=item Y-Axis
+=head2 Y-Axis
[B<-y>|B<--y-grid> I<grid step>B<:>I<label factor>]
suppress the grid and labels altogether. The default for this option is
to automatically select sensible values.
+If you have set --y-grid to 'none' not only the labels get suppressed, also
+the space reserved for the labels is removed. You can still add space
+manually if you use the --units-length command to explicitly reserve space.
+
[B<-Y>|B<--alt-y-grid>]
-Place the Y grid dynamically based on the graph's Y range. The
-algorithm ensures that you always have a grid, that there are enough
-but not too many grid lines, and that the grid is metric. That is the
-grid lines are placed every 1, 2, 5 or 10 units. (contributed by
-Sasha Mikheev)
+Place the Y grid dynamically based on the graph's Y range. The algorithm
+ensures that you always have a grid, that there are enough but not too many
+grid lines, and that the grid is metric. That is the grid lines are placed
+every 1, 2, 5 or 10 units. This parameter will also ensure that you get
+enough decimals displayed even if your graph goes from 69.998 to 70.001.
+(contributed by Sasha Mikheev).
[B<-o>|B<--logarithmic>]
How many digits should rrdtool assume the y-axis labels to be? You
may have to use this option to make enough space once you start
-fideling with the y-axis labeling.
+fiddling with the y-axis labeling.
-=back
+[B<--units=si>]
+
+With this option y-axis values on logarithmic graphs will be scaled to
+the appropriate units (k, M, etc.) instead of using exponential notation.
+Note that for linear graphs, SI notation is used by default.
+
+=head2 Right Y Axis
+
+[B<--right-axis> I<scale>B<:>I<shift>]
+[B<--right-axis-label> I<label>]
+
+A second axis will be drawn to the right of the graph. It is tied to the
+left axis via the scale and shift parameters. You can also define a label
+for the right axis.
+
+[B<--right-axis-format> I<format-string>]
+
+By default the format of the axis lables gets determined automatically. If
+you want todo this your self, use this option with the same %lf arguments
+you know from the PRING and GPRINT commands.
-=item Miscellaneous
+=head2 Legend
+
+[B<-g>|B<--no-legend>]
+
+Suppress generation of the legend; only render the graph.
+
+[B<-F>|B<--force-rules-legend>]
+
+Force the generation of HRULE and VRULE legends even if those HRULE or
+VRULE will not be drawn because out of graph boundaries (mimics
+behaviour of pre 1.0.42 versions).
+
+[B<--legend-position>=(north|south|west|east)]
+
+Place the legend at the given side of the graph. The default is south.
+In west or east position it is necessary to add line breaks manually.
+
+[B<--legend-direction>=(topdown|bottomup)]
+
+Place the legend items in the given vertical order. The default is topdown.
+Using bottomup the legend items appear in the same vertical order as a
+stack of lines or areas.
+
+=head2 Miscellaneous
[B<-z>|B<--lazy>]
-Only generate the graph if the current graph is out of date or not
-existent.
+Only generate the graph if the current graph is out of date or not existent.
+Note, that all the calculations will happen regardless so that the output of
+PRINT and graphv will be complete regardless. Note that the behaviour of
+lazy in this regard has seen several changes over time. The only thing you
+can realy rely on before rrdtool 1.3.7 is that lazy will not generate the
+graph when it is already there and up to date, and also that it will output
+the size of the graph.
+
+[B<--daemon> I<address>]
+
+Address of the L<rrdcached> daemon. If specified, a C<flush> command is sent
+to the server before reading the RRD files. This allows the graph to contain
+fresh data even if the daemon is configured to cache values for a long time.
+For a list of accepted formats, see the B<-l> option in the L<rrdcached> manual.
+
+ rrdtool graph [...] --daemon unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock [...]
[B<-f>|B<--imginfo> I<printfstr>]
I<COLORTAG> is one of C<BACK> background, C<CANVAS> for the background of
the actual graph, C<SHADEA> for the left and top border, C<SHADEB> for the
right and bottom border, C<GRID>, C<MGRID> for the major grid, C<FONT> for
-the color of the font, C<AXIS> for the axis of the graph and finally C<ARROW>
-for the arrow head pointing to the future. Each color is composed out of
-three hexadecimal numbers specifying its rgb color component (00 is off, FF is
-maximum) of red, green and blue. Optionally you may add another hexadecimal
-number specifying the transparency (FF is solid). You may set this option
-several times to alter multiple defaults.
+the color of the font, C<AXIS> for the axis of the graph, C<FRAME> for the
+line around the color spots, and finally C<ARROW> for the arrow head pointing
+up and forward. Each color is composed out of three hexadecimal numbers
+specifying its rgb color component (00 is off, FF is maximum) of red, green
+and blue. Optionally you may add another hexadecimal number specifying the
+transparency (FF is solid). You may set this option several times to alter
+multiple defaults.
-A green arrow is made by: C<--color ARROW:00FF00>
+A green arrow is made by: C<--color ARROW#00FF00>
[B<--zoom> I<factor>]
Zoom the graphics by the given amount. The factor must be E<gt> 0
-[B<-n>|B<--font> I<FONTTAG>B<:>I<size>B<:>I<font>]
+[B<-n>|B<--font> I<FONTTAG>B<:>I<size>B<:>[I<font>]]
+
+This lets you customize which font to use for the various text elements on
+the RRD graphs. C<DEFAULT> sets the default value for all elements, C<TITLE>
+for the title, C<AXIS> for the axis labels, C<UNIT> for the vertical unit
+label, C<LEGEND> for the graph legend, C<WATERMARK> for the watermark on the
+edge of the graph.
+
+Use Times for the title: C<--font TITLE:13:Times>
-This lets you customize which font to use for the various text
-elements on the RRD graphs. C<DEFAULT> sets the default value for all
-elements, C<TITLE> for the title, C<AXIS> for the axis labels, C<UNIT>
-for the vertical unit label, C<LEGEND> for the graph legend.
+Note that you need to quote the argument to B<--font> if the font-name
+contains whitespace:
+--font "TITLE:13:Some Font"
-Use Times for the title: C<--font TITLE:13:/usr/lib/fonts/times.ttf>
+If you do not give a font string you can modify just the size of the default font:
+C<--font TITLE:13:>.
+
+If you specify the size 0 then you can modify just the font without touching
+the size. This is especially useful for altering the default font without
+resetting the default fontsizes: C<--font DEFAULT:0:Courier>.
RRDtool comes with a preset default font. You can set the environment
variable C<RRD_DEFAULT_FONT> if you want to change this.
-Truetype fonts are only supported for PNG output. See below.
+RRDtool uses Pango for its font handling. This means you can to use
+the full Pango syntax when selecting your font:
+
+The font name has the form "[I<FAMILY-LIST>] [I<STYLE-OPTIONS>] [I<SIZE>]",
+where I<FAMILY-LIST> is a comma separated list of families optionally
+terminated by a comma, I<STYLE_OPTIONS> is a whitespace separated list of
+words where each WORD describes one of style, variant, weight, stretch, or
+gravity, and I<SIZE> is a decimal number (size in points) or optionally
+followed by the unit modifier "px" for absolute size. Any one of the options
+may be absent.
+
+[B<-R>|B<--font-render-mode> {B<normal>,B<light>,B<mono>}]
+
+There are 3 font render modes:
+
+B<normal>: Full Hinting and Antialiasing (default)
+
+B<light>: Slight Hinting and Antialiasing
+
+B<mono>: Full Hinting and NO Antialiasing
+
+
+[B<-B>|B<--font-smoothing-threshold> I<size>]
+
+(this gets ignored in 1.3 for now!)
+
+This specifies the largest font size which will be rendered
+bitmapped, that is, without any font smoothing. By default,
+no text is rendered bitmapped.
+
+[B<-P>|B<--pango-markup>]
+
+All text in rrdtool is rendered using Pango. With the B<--pango-markup> option, all
+text will be processed by pango markup. This allows to embed some simple html
+like markup tags using
+
+ <span key="value">text</span>
+
+Apart from the verbose syntax, there are also the following short tags available.
+
+ b Bold
+ big Makes font relatively larger, equivalent to <span size="larger">
+ i Italic
+ s Strikethrough
+ sub Subscript
+ sup Superscript
+ small Makes font relatively smaller, equivalent to <span size="smaller">
+ tt Monospace font
+ u Underline
+
+More details on L<http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/pango/PangoMarkupFormat.html>.
+
+[B<-G>|B<--graph-render-mode> {B<normal>,B<mono>}]
+
+There are 2 render modes:
+
+B<normal>: Graphs are fully Antialiased (default)
+
+B<mono>: No Antialiasing
+
+[B<-E>|B<--slope-mode>]
+
+RRDtool graphs are composed of stair case curves by default. This is in line with
+the way RRDtool calculates its data. Some people favor a more 'organic' look
+for their graphs even though it is not all that true.
[B<-a>|B<--imgformat> B<PNG>|B<SVG>|B<EPS>|B<PDF>]
[B<-i>|B<--interlaced>]
-If images are interlaced they become visible on browsers more quickly.
-
-[B<-g>|B<--no-legend>]
-
-Suppress generation of the legend; only render the graph.
+(this gets ignored in 1.3 for now!)
-[B<-F>|B<--force-rules-legend>]
-
-Force the generation of HRULE and VRULE legends even if those HRULE or
-VRULE will not be drawn because out of graph boundaries (mimics
-behaviour of pre 1.0.42 versions).
+If images are interlaced they become visible on browsers more quickly.
[B<-T>|B<--tabwidth> I<value>]
should be set to 1024 so that one Kb is 1024 byte. For traffic
measurement, 1 kb/s is 1000 b/s.
-=item Data and variables
+[B<-W>|B<--watermark> I<string>]
+
+Adds the given string as a watermark, horizontally centered, at the bottom
+of the graph.
+
+=head2 Data and variables
B<DEF:>I<vname>B<=>I<rrdfile>B<:>I<ds-name>B<:>I<CF>[B<:step=>I<step>][B<:start=>I<time>][B<:end=>I<time>]
other statements are useful but optional.
See L<rrdgraph_data> and L<rrdgraph_rpn> for the exact format.
-=item Graph and print elements
+NOTE: B<Graph and print elements>
You need at least one graph element to generate an image and/or
at least one print statement to generate a report.
See L<rrdgraph_graph> for the exact format.
+=head2 graphv
+
+Calling rrdtool with the graphv option will return information in the
+rrdtool info format. On the command line this means that all output will be
+in key=value format. When used from the Perl and Ruby bindings a hash
+pointer will be returned from the call.
+
+When the filename '-' is given, the contents of the graph itself will also
+be returned through this interface (hash key 'image'). On the command line
+the output will look like this:
+
+ print[0] = "0.020833"
+ print[1] = "0.0440833"
+ graph_left = 51
+ graph_top = 22
+ graph_width = 400
+ graph_height = 100
+ graph_start = 1232908800
+ graph_end = 1232914200
+ image_width = 481
+ image_height = 154
+ value_min = 0.0000000000e+00
+ value_max = 4.0000000000e-02
+ image = BLOB_SIZE:8196
+ [... 8196 bytes of image data ...]
+
+There is more information returned than in the standard interface.
+Especially the 'graph_*' keys are new. They help applications that want to
+know what is where on the graph.
+
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+
+The following environment variables may be used to change the behavior of
+C<rrdtoolE<nbsp>graph>:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<RRDCACHED_ADDRESS>
+
+If this environment variable is set it will have the same effect as specifying
+the C<--daemon> option on the command line. If both are present, the command
+line argument takes precedence.
+
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
=head1 AUTHOR
-Program by Tobias Oetiker E<lt>oetiker@ee.ethz.chE<gt>
+Program by Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>
-This manual page by Alex van den Bogaerdt E<lt>alex@ergens.op.het.netE<gt>
+This manual page by Alex van den Bogaerdt E<lt>alex@vandenbogaerdt.nlE<gt>
+with corrections and/or additions by several people
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