rrdtool                                                RDUMP(1)



NAME
     rrddump - dump the contents of an RD to XML format

SYNOPSIS
     rrdtool dump [--no-header-n] filename.rrd > filename.xml

     or

     rrdtool dump [--no-header-n] filename.rrd filename.xml

DESCRIPTION
     The dump function writes the contents of an RD in human
     readable (?) XML format to a file or to stdout. This format
     can be read by rrdrestore. Together they allow you to
     transfer your files from one computer architecture to
     another as well to manipulate the contents of an RD file in
     a somewhat more convenient manner.

     filename.rrd
             The name of the RD you want to dump.

     filename.xml
             The (optional) filename that you want to write the
             XML output to.  If not specified, the XML will be
             printed to stdout.

     [--no-header-n]
             In rrdtool 1.3, the dump function started producing
             correct xml-headers.  Unfortunately the rrdtool
             restore function from the 1.2 series can not handle
             these headers. With this option you can supress the
             creatinon of the xml headers.

EXAMPLES
     To transfer an RD between architectures, follow these
     steps:

     1.  On the same system where the RD was created, use
         rrdtool dump to export the data to XML format.

     2.  Transfer the XML dump to the target system.

     3.  Run rrdtool restore to create a new RD from the XML
         dump. See rrdrestore for details.

AUTHOR
     Tobias Oetiker 








1.3.5                Last change: 2008-05-16                    1