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[Nicholas Leskiw <question171766@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #171766 on Graphite changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/171766

    Status: Open => Answered

Nicholas Leskiw proposed the following answer:
These metrics are stored on disk as the name provided. It's a core part of
the current Whisper storage system.
A forward slash is an illegal filename on most systems as it represents a
directory delimiter so the short answer is no, you cannot escape the forward
slash.

On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Matthew G <
question171766@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Question #171766 on Graphite changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/graphite/+question/171766
>
>     Status: Answered => Open
>
> Matthew G is still having a problem:
>
> Hi - thanks for your quick answer,
>
>  actually what you suggest is fine for periods, but we would like "/"
> characters in our metric names, as they represent URL paths.  If it is
> not possible to use "." or "/" in the metric name then they will come
> out looking quite weird, which is one of the main reasons we are trying
> to move away from ganglia...
>
>  So can we somehow escape "/" characters in metric names, or will they
> always be interpreted as delimiters like "." are?
>
> mg
>
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