From: oetiker Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 13:55:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Mention that negative time values should be separated by '--' in rrdupdate.pod -... X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=49db9345033e46dbba978386d8e9f73f4e145a48;p=rrdtool.git Mention that negative time values should be separated by '--' in rrdupdate.pod -- Sebastian Harl git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/trunk/program@1839 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa --- diff --git a/doc/rrdupdate.pod b/doc/rrdupdate.pod index c285ee3..67908d0 100644 --- a/doc/rrdupdate.pod +++ b/doc/rrdupdate.pod @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ rrdupdate - Store a new set of values into the RRD B {B | B} I S<[B<--template>|B<-t> I[B<:>I]...]> -S<[B<--daemon> I
]> +S<[B<--daemon> I
]> [B<-->] S|IB<:>I[B<:>I...]> SB<@>I[B<:>I...]> S<[IB<:>I[B<:>I...] ...]> @@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ timing right to the second is especially important when you are working with data-sources of type B, B or B. +When using negative time values, options and data have to be separated +by two dashes (B<-->), else the time value would be parsed as an option. +See below for an example. + +When using negative time values, options and data have to be separated +by two dashes (B<-->), else the time value would be parsed as an option. +See below for an example. + The remaining elements of the argument are DS updates. The order of this list is the same as the order the data sources were defined in the RRA. If there is no data for a certain data-source, the letter @@ -131,6 +139,13 @@ regular readings. The update interval seems to be around 300 seconds. =item * +C + +Update the database file demo3.rrd two times, using five seconds in the +past and the current time as the update times. + +=item * + C Update the file C with a single data source, using the