def dump(filename, outfile="", parameters=[]):
"""
The rrdtool Python bindings don't have support for dump, so we need to use
the external dump function.
>>> rrdfile = '/tmp/test.rrd'
>>> parameters = [
... '--start',
... '920804400',
... 'DS:speed:COUNTER:600:U:U',
... 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:24',
... 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:10']
>>> create(rrdfile, parameters)
>>> xml = dump(rrdfile)
>>> xmlBytes = len(xml)
>>> 3300 < xmlBytes < 4000
True
>>> xmlCommentCheck = '<!-- Round Robin Database Dump'
>>> xmlCommentCheck in xml[0:200]
True
>>> xmlfile = '/tmp/test.xml'
>>> dump(rrdfile, xmlfile)
>>> import os
>>> os.path.exists(xmlfile)
True
>>> os.unlink(rrdfile)
>>> os.unlink(xmlfile)
"""
return external.dump(filename, outfile, parameters)
def dump(filename, outfile="", parameters=[]):
"""
The rrdtool Python bindings don't have support for dump, so we need to use
the external dump function.
>>> rrdfile = '/tmp/test.rrd'
>>> parameters = [
... '--start',
... '920804400',
... 'DS:speed:COUNTER:600:U:U',
... 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:24',
... 'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:10']
>>> create(rrdfile, parameters)
>>> xml = dump(rrdfile)
>>> xmlBytes = len(xml)
>>> 3300 < xmlBytes < 4000
True
>>> xmlCommentCheck = '<!-- Round Robin Database Dump'
>>> xmlCommentCheck in xml[0:200]
True
>>> xmlfile = '/tmp/test.xml'
>>> dump(rrdfile, xmlfile)
>>> import os
>>> os.path.exists(xmlfile)
True
>>> os.unlink(rrdfile)
>>> os.unlink(xmlfile)
"""
return external.dump(filename, outfile, parameters)