[rrd-users] Re: overriding start/end time on DEF

[Davis, Jeffrey]

The start/end times on the DEF statement are ignored if they're outside
of the time range specified at the top level (rrdtool graph).  And since
the time range defaults to one day ago until now, any time window
specified on the DEF statement prior to one day ago is ignored.

So I think the lesson is that if you use the overrides on the DEF
statement, you still need to specify the time range at the global level.

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[mailto:rrd-users-bounce at list.ee.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Davis, Jeffrey
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:22 PM
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Subject: [rrd-users] overriding start/end time on DEF

According to the rrdtool graph documentation:

DEF:<vname>=<rrdfile>:<ds-name>:<CF>[:step=<step>][:start=<time>][:end=<
time>][:reduce=<CF>]

I'm not having any luck overriding the start and end times by specifying
them on the DEF line.  It's as though it's ignoring the time reference
completely.  (Although I know it's reading them because if you put in a
bogus time reference, the parser will error out.)

Example:
DEF:ds0weekly=router.rrd:ds0:AVERAGE:start=end-1h

I'm using the RRDs perl module.  Does the override capability work?
Anyone know why the time specification would appear to be ignored?  What
am I doing wrong?

A newbie,
JD



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