---
name: "cfetoolimport"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "cfengine2"
version: "2.2.10-7"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cfetoolimport"
---

# cfetoolimport(8)

import the contents of a database from XML format

## NAME

cfetoolimport - import the contents of a database from XML format

## SYNOPSIS

**cfetool** **import** *name* **--file**⎪**-f** *filename* \[**--path**⎪**-p** *directory name*\] \[**--daily**⎪**-d**\] \[**--weekly**⎪**-w**\] \[**--yearly**⎪**-y**\] \[**--verbose**⎪**-v**\] \[**--help**⎪**-h**\]

## DESCRIPTION

Creates a new database from it's XML representation, in the format created by **rrdtool dump**.

The **-d**, **-w**, and **-y** options specify which databases to create and look for in the dump, and may be combined. If they are all omitted, the default is to only import the weekly database.

## OPTIONS

- **--file**\|**-f** *filename*

  Specifies the XML file to restore.

- **--path**\|**-p**

  The directory in which to create the new database folder. If this argument is not provided, the current working directory will be used.

- **--daily**\|**-d**

  Create a database for recording daily patterns.

- **--weekly**\|**-w**

  Create a database for recording weekly patterns.

- **--yearly**\|**-y**

  Create a database for recording yearly patterns.

- **--verbose**\|**-v**

  Print details of the command's execution to the standard output stream.

- **--help**\|**-h**

  Print a short help message and then exit.

## EXAMPLE

```
  % cfetool import temperature_copy --path /my/path --file ./temperature.xml
```

Create a new weekly database, `"temperature_copy"`, in the `"/my/path"` directory, and import it's contents from the file `"temperature.xml"` in the current working directory.

## AUTHORS

The code and documentation were contributed by Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, a department of Stanford University. This documentation was written by

- Elizabeth Cassell \<e\_a\_c@mailsnare.net\> and

  - Alf Wachsmann \<alfw@slac.stanford.edu\>

  ## COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

```
 Copyright 2004 Alf Wachsmann <alfw@slac.stanford.edu> and
                Elizabeth Cassell <e_a_c@mailsnare.net>
 All rights reserved.
```