File Naming
All files generated by collectl via the -f switch, both raw and plot, will
always contain the name of the host from which they have been generated
according to the following rules:
- If the specified name is a directory, the resultant file(s) will be
created in that directory and begin with the hostname. If the name is not a
directory, that name will be prepended to -hostname
- The name is then followed with -yyyymmdd
- If this is a raw data file or one generated using -P and -ou
has been specified, it will also have have -hhmmss appended as well to
indicate the starting time of the sample. Note that thhe colons have been left off the
time field to make it easy to move the file to a PC for further analysis if
so desired.
- The appropriate extension is added and if a compressed file, .gz
is then appened.