RRDs(3) RRDtool RRDs(3)NAMERRDs - Access rrdtool as a shared module
SYNOPSIS
use RRDs;
RRDs::error
RRDs::last ...
RRDs::info ...
RRDs::create ...
RRDs::update ...
RRDs::graph ...
RRDs::fetch ...
RRDs::tune ...
RRDs::times(start, end)
DESCRIPTION
Calling Sequence
This module accesses rrdtool functionality directly from within perl.
The arguments to the functions listed in the SYNOPSIS are explained in
the regular rrdtool documentation. The commandline call
rrdtool update mydemo.rrd --template in:out N:12:13
gets turned into
RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd", "--template", "in:out", "N:12:13");
Note that
--template=in:out
is also valid.
The RRDs::times function takes two parameters: a "start" and "end"
time. These should be specified in the AT-STYLE TIME SPECIFICATION
format used by rrdtool. See the rrdfetch documentation for a detailed
explanation on how to specify time.
Error Handling
The RRD functions will not abort your program even when they can not
make sense out of the arguments you fed them.
The function RRDs::error should be called to get the error status after
each function call. If RRDs::error does not return anything then the
previous function has completed its task successfully.
use RRDs;
RRDs::update ("mydemo.rrd","N:12:13");
my $ERR=RRDs::error;
die "ERROR while updating mydemo.rrd: $ERR\n" if $ERR;
Return Values
The functions RRDs::last, RRDs::graph, RRDs::info, RRDs::fetch and
RRDs::times return their findings.
RRDs::last returns a single INTEGER representing the last update time.
$lastupdate = RRDs::last ...
RRDs::graph returns an pointer to an ARRAY containing the x-size and
y-size of the created gif and results of the PRINT arguments.
($averages,$xsize,$ysize) = RRDs::graph ...
print "Gifsize: ${xsize}x${ysize}\n";
print "Averages: ", (join ", ", @$averages);
RRDs::info returns a pointer to a hash. The keys of the hash represent
the property names of the rrd and the values of the hash are the values
of the properties.
$hash = RRDs::info "example.rrd";
foreach my $key (keys %$hash){
print "$key = $$hash{$key}\n";
}
RRDs::fetch is the most complex of the pack regarding return values.
There are 4 values. Two normal integers, a pointer to an array and a
pointer to a array of pointers.
my ($start,$step,$names,$data) = RRDs::fetch ...
print "Start: ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start)\n";
print "Step size: $step seconds\n";
print "DS names: ", join (", ", @$names)."\n";
print "Data points: ", $#$data + 1, "\n";
print "Data:\n";
foreach my $line (@$data) {
print " ", scalar localtime($start), " ($start) ";
$start += $step;
foreach my $val (@$line) {
printf "%12.1f ", $val;
}
print "\n";
}
RRDs::times returns two integers which are the number of seconds since
epoch (1970-01-01) for the supplied "start" and "end" arguments,
respectively.
See the examples directory for more ways to use this extension.
NOTE
If you are manipulating the TZ variable you should also call the posixs
function tzset to initialize all internal state of the library for
properly operating in the timezone of your choice.
use POSIX qw(tzset);
$ENV{TZ} = 'CET';
POSIX::tzset();
AUTHOR
Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>
1.0.50 2005-04-25 RRDs(3)
