From: Peter Stamfest <peter@stamfest.at>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 21:14:49 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: add --template documentation
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.0-rc1~42^2~9
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1580628a8ea67e84d02f70fbd5b85b63578f6e85;p=thirdparty%2Frrdtool-1.x.git

add --template documentation
---

diff --git a/doc/rrdcreate.pod b/doc/rrdcreate.pod
index 9ad2de37..eaf6653a 100644
--- a/doc/rrdcreate.pod
+++ b/doc/rrdcreate.pod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ rrdcreate - Set up a new Round Robin Database
 B<rrdtool> B<create> I<filename>
 S<[B<--start>|B<-b> I<start time>]>
 S<[B<--step>|B<-s> I<step>]>
+S<[B<--template>|B<-t> I<template-file>]>
 S<[B<--source>|B<-r> I<source-file>]>
 S<[B<--no-overwrite>]>
 S<[B<--daemon> I<address>]>
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ the B<-l> option in the L<rrdcached> manual.
 
  rrdtool create --daemon unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock /var/lib/rrd/foo.rrd I<other options>
 
+=head2 S<[B<--template>|B<-t> I<template-file>]>
+
+Specifies a template B<RRD> file to take step, DS and RRA definitions from. This allows to 
+base the structure of a new file on some existing file. The data of the template
+file is NOT used for pre-filling, but it is possible to specify the same file as a 
+source file (see below).
+
+Additional DS and RRA definitions are permitted, and will be added to those taken
+from the template.
+
 =head2 B<--source>|B<-r> I<source-file>
 
 One or more source B<RRD> files may be named on the command line. Data from these