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rrdxport - Export data in XML format based on data from one or several RRD
-=for html <div align="right"><a href="rrdxport.pdf">PDF</a> version.</div>
-
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<rrdtool> B<xport>
-S<[B<-s>|B<--start> I<seconds>]>
+B<rrdtool> B<xport>
+S<[B<-s>|B<--start> I<seconds>]>
S<[B<-e>|B<--end> I<seconds>]>
S<[B<-m>|B<--maxrows> I<rows>]>
S<[B<--step> I<value>]>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The B<xport> functions main purpose is to write XML formatted
+The B<xport> function's main purpose is to write an XML formatted
representation of the data stored in one or several B<RRD>s. It
-can also extract numerical reports.
+can also extract numerical reports.
If no I<XPORT> statements are found, there will be no output.
=head1 Output format
-The output is enclosed in a B<xport> element and contains two
+The output is enclosed in an B<xport> element and contains two
blocks. The first block is enclosed by a B<meta> element and
-contains some meta data. The second block is enclosed by a
+contains some meta data. The second block is enclosed by a
B<data> element and contains the data rows.
Let's assume that the I<xport> command looks like this:
XPORT:xx:"out bytes" \
XPORT:aa:"in and out bits"
-The resulting meta data section (the values will depend on the
+The resulting meta data section is (the values will depend on the
RRD characteristics):
-
+
<meta>
<start>1020611700</start>
<step>300</step>
<entry>in and out bits</entry>
</legend>
</meta>
-
-The resulting data section:
+
+The resulting data section is:
<data>
<row><t>1020611700</t><v>3.4000000000e+00</v><v>5.4400000000e+01</v></row>
=head1 AUTHOR
-Tobias Oetiker E<lt>oetiker@ee.ethz.chE<gt>
+Tobias Oetiker E<lt>tobi@oetiker.chE<gt>