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diff --git a/src/pmafm/template b/src/pmafm/template new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40cddd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/pmafm/template @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +PCPFolio +Version: 1 + +Created: on hostname at ctime #abitrary string +Creator: pmchart [config] + +# use pmfolio(1) to process this PCP Archive Folio +# + +# Notes +# +# 0. first two lines are "magic", and know to various scripts and +# tools +# +# 1. blank lines are skipped, # introduces a comment line ... more +# strictly, after the first two lines, only lines containing one +# of the magic keyword strings ("Created: ", "Creator: " and +# "Archive: " are ever looked at +# +# 2. in the Created: line, hostname should be the hostname where the +# creator pmlogger instances were running, and ctime should be +# the creator's local time in ctime(3) format ... both are for +# annotation, so do not worry too much about them ... pmfolio's +# "list" command echoes this line verbatim +# +# 3. [config] is optional, and if present is used to replay with the +# Creator using all of the archives in the folio ... e.g. pmchart's +# config file for all of the charts that were visible when "record" +# mode started. Creator: is expected to be one of "pmchart", +# "pmview", or "cron.pmdaily" ... yes, this will happen! +# +# 4. for a Basename of eek, expect to find +# eek.meta +# eek.index +# eek.0 +# eek.1, ... [ maybe ] +# eek.pmlogger [ maybe, pmlogger config used to create _this_ archive ] + +# Host Basename +# +Archive: gonzo 12345a +Archive: moomba.melbourne 12345b +Archive: bozo /no/such/files +Archive: gonzo /mylogs/gonzo/960619 +Archive: gonzo /mylogs/gonzo/960620 +Archive: gonzo /mylogs/gonzo/960621 +Archive: gonzo /mylogs/gonzo/960622 +Archive: brutus /mylogs/brutus/960624 +Archive: brutus /mylogs/brutus/960625 |