SYNOPSIS

       cfetool import name --file|-f filename [--path|-p directory name]
       [--daily|-d] [--weekly|-w] [--yearly|-y] [--verbose|-v] [--help|-h]

DESCRIPTION

       Creates a new database from it's XML representation, in the format cre-
       ated by rrdtool dump.

       The -d, -w, and -y options specify which databases to create and look
       for in the dump, and may be combined. If they are all ommitted, the
       default is to only import the weekly database.

OPTIONS

       --file|-f filename
           Specifies the XML file to restore.

       --path|-p
           The directory in which to create the new database folder. If this
           argument is not provided, the current working directory will be
           used.

       --daily|-d
           Create a database for recording daily patterns.

       --weekly|-w
           Create a database for recording weekly patterns.

       --yearly|-y
           Create a database for recording yearly patterns.

       --verbose|-v
           Print details of the command's execution to the standard output
           stream.

       --help|-h
           Print a short help message and then exit.

EXAMPLE

         % cfetool import temperature_copy --path /my/path --file ./temperature.xml

       Create a new weekly database, "temperature_copy", in the "/my/path"
       directory, and import it's contents from the file "temperature.xml" in
       the current working directory.

AUTHORS

       The code and documentation were contributed by Stanford Linear Acceler-
       ator Center, a department of Stanford University.  This documentation
       was written by

       Elizabeth Cassell <e_a_c@mailsnare.net> and
       Alf Wachsmann <alfw@slac.stanford.edu>