4 use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
12 bootstrap RRDs $VERSION;
19 RRDs - Access RRDtool as a shared module
33 RRDs::times(start, end)
41 =head2 Calling Sequence
43 This module accesses RRDtool functionality directly from within Perl. The
44 arguments to the functions listed in the SYNOPSIS are explained in the regular
45 RRDtool documentation. The command line call
47 rrdtool update mydemo.rrd --template in:out N:12:13
51 RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd", "--template", "in:out", "N:12:13");
59 The RRDs::times function takes two parameters: a "start" and "end" time.
60 These should be specified in the B<AT-STYLE TIME SPECIFICATION> format
61 used by RRDtool. See the B<rrdfetch> documentation for a detailed
62 explanation on how to specify time.
66 The RRD functions will not abort your program even when they can not make
67 sense out of the arguments you fed them.
69 The function RRDs::error should be called to get the error status
70 after each function call. If RRDs::error does not return anything
71 then the previous function has completed its task successfully.
74 RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd","N:12:13");
76 die "ERROR while updating mydemo.rrd: $ERR\n" if $ERR;
80 The functions RRDs::last, RRDs::graph, RRDs::info, RRDs::fetch and RRDs::times
81 return their findings.
83 B<RRDs::last> returns a single INTEGER representing the last update time.
85 $lastupdate = RRDs::last ...
87 B<RRDs::graph> returns an ARRAY containing the x-size and y-size of the
88 created image and a pointer to an array with the results of the PRINT arguments.
90 ($result_arr,$xsize,$ysize) = RRDs::graph ...
91 print "Imagesize: ${xsize}x${ysize}\n";
92 print "Averages: ", (join ", ", @$averages);
94 B<RRDs::info> returns a pointer to a hash. The keys of the hash
95 represent the property names of the RRD and the values of the hash are
96 the values of the properties.
98 $hash = RRDs::info "example.rrd";
99 foreach my $key (keys %$hash){
100 print "$key = $$hash{$key}\n";
103 B<RRDs::graphv> takes the same parameters as B<RRDs::graph> but it returns a
104 pointer to hash. The hash returned contains meta information about the
105 graph. Like its size as well as the position of the graph area on the image.
106 When calling with and empty filename than the contents of the graph will be
107 returned in the hash as well (key 'image').
109 B<RRDs::updatev> also returns a pointer to hash. The keys of the hash
110 are concatenated strings of a timestamp, RRA index, and data source name for
111 each consolidated data point (CDP) written to disk as a result of the
112 current update call. The hash values are CDP values.
114 B<RRDs::fetch> is the most complex of
115 the pack regarding return values. There are 4 values. Two normal
116 integers, a pointer to an array and a pointer to a array of pointers.
118 my ($start,$step,$names,$data) = RRDs::fetch ...
119 print "Start: ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start)\n";
120 print "Step size: $step seconds\n";
121 print "DS names: ", join (", ", @$names)."\n";
122 print "Data points: ", $#$data + 1, "\n";
124 for my $line (@$data) {
125 print " ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start) ";
127 for my $val (@$line) {
128 printf "%12.1f ", $val;
133 B<RRDs::times> returns two integers which are the number of seconds since
134 epoch (1970-01-01) for the supplied "start" and "end" arguments, respectively.
136 See the examples directory for more ways to use this extension.
140 If you are manipulating the TZ variable you should also call the POSIX
141 function L<tzset(3)> to initialize all internal state of the library for properly
142 operating in the timezone of your choice.
151 Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>