Today Simone Felici wrote: > Hello to all! > > I would like to update rrdtool from actual version 1.0.49 to the latest. > Can I do this operation without any problems on my 4500 rrd files? > I use simply rrdtool update and rrdtool graph (!) commands. Are these > commands now different and I need to change ALL my scripts? Hope Not! > > Thank's in advice :)
Hi Simon, well, rrdtool 1.2.x can read and write 1.0.x format, but when you create NEW rrd files they will use an updated format which can not be read by the old version as fahr as compatibility goes, there is basically only one thing to look out for: if you have ":" characters in COMMENT commands (rrdtool graph) you now have to escape them using \: (make sure the shell does not eat the \ and it actually gets to rrdtool cheers tobi . -- ______ __ _ /_ __/_ / / (_) Oetiker @ ISG.EE, ETL F24.2, ETH, CH-8092 Zurich / // _ \/ _ \/ / System Manager, Time Lord, Coder, Designer, Coach /_/ \.__/_.__/_/ http://people.ee.ethz.ch/oetiker +41(0)44-632-5286 -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Help mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/rrd-users WebAdmin http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/lsg2.cgi
