RRDUPDATE(1) rrdtool RRDUPDATE(1) (NAME) rrdupdate - RRD (SYNOPSIS) rrdtool {update | updatev} filename [--template|-t ds-name[:ds-name]...] [--skip-past-updates|-s] [--daemon|-d address] [--] N:value[:value]... timestamp:value[:value]... at-timestamp@value[:value]... (DESCRIPTION) update RRD . RRD () . updatev update . v verbose () . updatev (CDP) update . (time_t) RRA ( PDP CDP) () . update . updatev --daemon . filename RRD . --locking|-L try|block|none RRD : try block none . $RRD_LOCKING try . --template|-t ds-name[:ds-name]... update RRD COMPUTE ( (DST) COMPUTE RRD ). RRD . template . RRD . template RRDtool COMPUTE *UNKNOWN* () . DST COMPUTE update . ( template ) RRDtool DST (COMPUTE) . rrdcached (templates) . --skip-past-updates|-s rrd rrdtool . rrdtool . rrd (re-play) . --daemon|-d address RRDtool rrdcached address . . . . -l rrdcached . {N | timestamp}:value[:value]... RRD . 1970-01-01 'N' . . at ( AT_STYLE rrdfetch ) '@' ':' . COUNTER DERIVE DCOUNTER DDERIVE ABSOLUTE . (--) . . DS ( ) . RRA . U ( N:0.1:U:1) . . (:) . (ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES) "rrdtool update" : RRDCACHED_ADDRESS "--daemon" . . RRDCACHED_STRIPPATH rrdcached . rrdcached xymon cacti . RRD_LOCKING RRD : try block none . --locking . (EXAMPLES) o "rrdtool update demo1.rrd N:3.44:3.15:U:23" demo1.rrd *UNKNOWN*. . o "rrdtool update demo2.rrd 887457267:U 887457521:22 887457903:2.7" demo2.rrd ( ) . *UNKNOWN* . . o "rrdtool update demo3.rrd -- -5:21 N:42" demo3.rrd . o "rrdtool update --daemon unix:/tmp/rrdd.sock demo4.rrd N:23" "/tmp/rrdd.sock" . "demo4.rrd" . : : (working directory) . . . ! (AUTHORS) Tobias Oetiker , Florian Forster 1.11.0 2026-08-08 RRDUPDATE(1)