NAME

rrdrestore - Restore the contents of an RRD from its XML dump format

SYNOPSIS

rrdtool restore filename.xml filename.rrd [--range-check|-r] [--force-overwrite|-f]

The restore function reads the XML representation of an RRD and converts it to the native RRD format.

filename.xml: The name of the XML file you want to restore. The special filename "-" (a single dash) is interpreted as standard input.
In order to support the restore command in pipe mode (especially when using RRDtool over a network connection), when using "-" as a filename the end of the file can be signaled either by closing the data channel after the file has transferred (as would be the case when using input redirection within a suitable shell) or by sending a crtl-Z / newline combination. This allows one to send more commands to the RRDtool server after a restore.
filename.rrd: The name of the RRD to restore.
--range-check|-r: Make sure the values in the RRAs do not exceed the limits defined for the various data sources.
--force-overwrite|-f: Allows RRDtool to overwrite the destination RRD.

Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>