[rrd-users] rrdtool.update() in Python-HELP

[Yiannis Vavouranakis]

> Does anyone even use the python binding for rrdtool?? 

I've been using it successfully for the past couple of months or so...

>> File "redo.py", line 11
>>    rrdtool.update('test.rrd',920804700:12345)
>>    ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>
>>
>> import rrdtool
>> import os
>> import time
>>
>> rrdtool.create('test.rrd',
>>    '--start', 920804400,
>>    'DS:speed:COUNTER:600:U:U',
>>    'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:24 ',
>>    'RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:10')
>>            rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 920804700:12345, 
>> 920805000:12357, 920805300:12363)
>> rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 920805600:12363, 920805900:12363, 
>> 920806200:12373)
>> rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 920806500:12383, 920806800:12393, 
>> 920807100:12399)
>> rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 920807400:12405, 920807700:12411, 
>> 920808000:12415)
>> rrdtool.update('test.rrd', 920808300:12420, 920808600:12422, 
>> 920808900:12423)
>>
>> rrdtool.graph('test.png',                                        
>> '--start', 920804400
>>         '--end', 920808000,                     
>> 'DEF:myspeed=test.rrd:speed:AVERAGE',                     
>> 'LINE2:myspeed#FF0000')
>>

Is it me, or you've indented the first update()?

Also, since python is an interpreted language that comes with an interactive
shell, have you tried feeding each line individually to the interpreter?

Regards,
Yiannis Vavouranakis