RRDtool 1.2.12  Python 2.4  Windows binary
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why:

From Servers Alive (http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/) I am saving results to RRD database.
I have written a web application with Python (http://www.python.org/)
and Quixote (http://www.mems-exchange.org/software/quixote/) to show collected data.
The Windows binary (rrdtool.exe) is available on Tobias' web site,
but even Google could not find Windows Python binary (rrdtool.dll).
Since I like Python (and did not want to learn Pearl), I decided to compile it myself.

I downloaded RRDtool and library sources.
I found and installed Microsoft Visual C++ 6.
I somehow managed to solve some compile errors.
It works for me, I hope someone else might find it usefull.
Anyway, you are using it at your own risk.


how:

Install Python (version 2.4 works for me).
Copy all 5 dlls and test_rrd.py to your_directory.
> chdir your_directory
> python test_rrd.py
A test RRD database will be created and some random data saved to it,
then a graph will be shown. That is all.

If you know how to use RRDtool, you will not have troubles using it from Python.
If you don't, read documentation at http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/index.en.html


Good luck, Miro (mmaher@generali.si)