---
name: "add_ds.pl"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "flowscan"
version: "1.006-13.2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/add_ds.pl"
---

# add\_ds.pl(1)

program to add datasources to an existing RRD

## NAME

add\_ds.pl - program to add datasources to an existing RRD

## SYNOPSIS

**add-ds.pl \<add'l ds\> \[default\_val\] \[type\] \[heartbeat\] \[rrdmin\] \[rrdmax\] \< file.xml**

## DESCRIPTION

| | |
| --- | --- |
| \<add'l ds\> | number of additional datasources |
| \[default\_val\] | default value to be entered in add'l fields |
| \[type\] | type of datasource (i.e. COUNTER, GAUGE...) |
| \[heatbeat\] | length of time in seconds before RRD thinks your DS is dead |
| \[rrdmin\] | minimum value allowed for each datasource |
| \[rrdmax\] | max value allowed for each datasource |

Options are read in order, so if you want to change the default heartbeat, you need to specify the default\_val and type as well, etc.

Output goes to STDOUT.

## SEE ALSO

[**add\_txrx**(1)](/add_txrx/1.md), [**event2vrule**(1)](/event2vrule/1.md), [**flowscan**(1)](/flowscan/1.md), [**ip2hostname**(1)](/ip2hostname/1.md), [**locker**(1)](/locker/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Anibal Monsalve Salazar, for the Debian Project.