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NAME
       cfetool import - import the contents of a database from XML format

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
       created 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
       Accelerator 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>

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
        Copyright 2004 Alf Wachsmann <alfw@slac.stanford.edu> and
                       Elizabeth Cassell <e_a_c@mailsnare.net>
        All rights reserved.

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