diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3629e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0260cce..19aa409 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@
       "type" : "git"
     , "url" : "https://github.com/plainlystated/coffeescript-rrd"
   }
+  , "devDependencies" : {
+      "coffee-script": "~> 1.1.2"
+    , "vows":          "~> 0.5.3"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/rrd.coffee b/rrd.coffee
index 3847eb3..37506ce 100644
--- a/rrd.coffee
+++ b/rrd.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ spawn = require('child_process').spawn
 fs = require('fs')
 
 RRDRecord = require('./rrdRecord').RRDRecord
+RRDInfo   = require('./rrdInfo').RRDInfo
 
 class RRD
   constructor: (@filename) ->
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ class RRD
 
       cb(undefined, records)
 
+  info: (cb) ->
+    @rrdSpawn "info", [], (err, results) ->
+      return cb(null, new RRDInfo(results))
+  
   _rrdTime = (date) ->
     return Math.round(date.valueOf() / 1000)
 
diff --git a/rrd.js b/rrd.js
index 1e04027..1758c68 100644
--- a/rrd.js
+++ b/rrd.js
@@ -1,15 +1,25 @@
 (function() {
-  var RRD, RRDRecord, exec, fs, spawn, sys;
+  var RRD, RRDInfo, RRDRecord, exec, fs, spawn, sys;
+
   sys = require('sys');
+
   exec = require('child_process').exec;
+
   spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
   fs = require('fs');
+
   RRDRecord = require('./rrdRecord').RRDRecord;
+
+  RRDInfo = require('./rrdInfo').RRDInfo;
+
   RRD = (function() {
     var _rrdTime;
+
     function RRD(filename) {
       this.filename = filename;
     }
+
     RRD.prototype.create = function(rrdArgs, options, cb) {
       var cmdArgs, err, proc, start, _ref;
       start = (_ref = options.start) != null ? _ref : new Date;
@@ -28,12 +38,15 @@
         }
       });
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.destroy = function(cb) {
       return fs.unlink(this.filename, cb);
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.dump = function(cb) {
       return this.rrdSpawn("dump", [], cb);
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.rrdExec = function(command, cmd_args, cb) {
       var cmd;
       cmd = "rrdtool " + command + " " + this.filename + " " + cmd_args;
@@ -42,6 +55,7 @@
         maxBuffer: 500 * 1024
       }, cb);
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.rrdSpawn = function(command, args, cb) {
       var err, out, proc;
       proc = spawn("rrdtool", [command, this.filename].concat(args));
@@ -61,9 +75,11 @@
         }
       });
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.update = function(time, values, cb) {
       return this.rrdSpawn("update", ["" + (_rrdTime(time)) + ":" + (values.join(':'))], cb);
     };
+
     RRD.prototype.fetch = function(start, end, cb) {
       return this.rrdExec("fetch", "AVERAGE --start " + start + " --end " + end, function(err, data) {
         var fieldNames, fields, i, line, lines, record, records;
@@ -79,12 +95,8 @@
           _results = [];
           for (_i = 0, _len = lines.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
             line = lines[_i];
-            if (line === "") {
-              continue;
-            }
-            if (line.match(" nan ")) {
-              continue;
-            }
+            if (line === "") continue;
+            if (line.match(" nan ")) continue;
             fields = line.split(new RegExp("[: ]+"));
             record = new RRDRecord(fields.shift(), fieldNames);
             for (i = 0, _ref = fields.length - 1; 0 <= _ref ? i <= _ref : i >= _ref; 0 <= _ref ? i++ : i--) {
@@ -97,13 +109,25 @@
         return cb(void 0, records);
       });
     };
+
+    RRD.prototype.info = function(cb) {
+      return this.rrdSpawn("info", [], function(err, results) {
+        return cb(null, new RRDInfo(results));
+      });
+    };
+
     _rrdTime = function(date) {
       return Math.round(date.valueOf() / 1000);
     };
+
     return RRD;
+
   })();
+
   RRD.restore = function(filenameXML, filenameRRD, cb) {
     return exec("rrdtool restore " + filenameXML + " " + filenameRRD, cb);
   };
+
   exports.RRD = RRD;
+
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/rrdInfo.coffee b/rrdInfo.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01b4f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rrdInfo.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+class RRDInfo
+  constructor: (raw_output) ->
+    this.parse_line(line) for line in raw_output.split('\n')
+
+  ds_names: () ->
+    keys = []
+    keys.push(k) for k of this['ds']
+    return keys
+
+  parse_line: (line) ->
+    line = line.replace(/["\s]/g, '')
+    return if line == ''
+
+    [key, value] = line.split('=')
+
+    key_tree = if key.match  /[\.\[]/
+      key.replace(/\[/g, '.').replace(/[\]\s]/g, '').split('.')
+    else
+      [key]
+
+    _add_value(key_tree, value, this)
+
+  _add_value =  (key_tree, value, obj) ->
+    return obj[key_tree[0]] = value if key_tree.length == 1
+    new_key = key_tree.shift()
+    obj[new_key] ?= new Object
+
+    return _add_value(key_tree, value, obj[new_key])
+
+exports.RRDInfo = RRDInfo
diff --git a/rrdInfo.js b/rrdInfo.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1051cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rrdInfo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+(function() {
+  var RRDInfo;
+
+  RRDInfo = (function() {
+    var _add_value;
+
+    function RRDInfo(raw_output) {
+      var line, _i, _len, _ref;
+      _ref = raw_output.split('\n');
+      for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+        line = _ref[_i];
+        this.parse_line(line);
+      }
+    }
+
+    RRDInfo.prototype.ds_names = function() {
+      var k, keys;
+      keys = [];
+      for (k in this['ds']) {
+        keys.push(k);
+      }
+      return keys;
+    };
+
+    RRDInfo.prototype.parse_line = function(line) {
+      var key, key_tree, value, _ref;
+      line = line.replace(/["\s]/g, '');
+      if (line === '') return;
+      _ref = line.split('='), key = _ref[0], value = _ref[1];
+      key_tree = key.match(/[\.\[]/) ? key.replace(/\[/g, '.').replace(/[\]\s]/g, '').split('.') : [key];
+      return _add_value(key_tree, value, this);
+    };
+
+    _add_value = function(key_tree, value, obj) {
+      var new_key, _ref;
+      if (key_tree.length === 1) return obj[key_tree[0]] = value;
+      new_key = key_tree.shift();
+      if ((_ref = obj[new_key]) == null) obj[new_key] = new Object;
+      return _add_value(key_tree, value, obj[new_key]);
+    };
+
+    return RRDInfo;
+
+  })();
+
+  exports.RRDInfo = RRDInfo;
+
+}).call(this);
diff --git a/test/info-test.coffee b/test/info-test.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40f2a5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/info-test.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+vows = require('vows')
+assert = require('assert')
+RRDInfo = require('../rrdInfo').RRDInfo
+valid_contents = require('fs').readFileSync('./valid.info').toString()
+
+vows.describe('RRDInfo').addBatch(
+  'from a valid rrd file':
+    topic: new RRDInfo(valid_contents)
+
+    'should have the filename set': (topic) ->
+      assert.equal(topic.filename, 'valid.rrd')
+
+    'should parse multi level lines': (topic) ->
+      assert.equal(topic.ds.state.last_ds, 0)
+
+    'should list the ds_names': (topic) ->
+      assert.include(topic.ds_names(), 'temperature')
+      assert.include(topic.ds_names(), 'target_temp')
+      assert.include(topic.ds_names(), 'state')
+  
+).export(module, {error: false})
diff --git a/test/rrd-test.coffee b/test/rrd-test.coffee
index 00a4b33..8c4465e 100644
--- a/test/rrd-test.coffee
+++ b/test/rrd-test.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 vows = require('vows')
 assert = require('assert')
 RRD = require('../rrd').RRD
+RRDInfo = require('../rrdInfo').RRDInfo
 exec = require('child_process').exec
 
 vows.describe('RRD').addBatch(
@@ -99,6 +100,17 @@ vows.describe('RRD').addBatch(
       # Need to figure out how to test this without messing up subsequent test runs
       # 'returns no error': (err) ->
       #   assert.equal(err, undefined)
+    'when infoing':
+      topic: (rrd) ->
+        rrd.info(@callback)
+        return
+
+      'returns no error': (err, data) ->
+        assert.equal(err, null)
+
+      'returns an RRDInfo object': (err, data) ->
+        assert.instanceOf(data, RRDInfo)      
+
   'when restoring':
     'a valid file':
       topic: () ->
diff --git a/test/valid.info b/test/valid.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..923d0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid.info
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+filename = "valid.rrd"
+rrd_version = "0003"
+step = 300
+last_update = 1310750319
+header_size = 2320
+ds[temperature].index = 0
+ds[temperature].type = "GAUGE"
+ds[temperature].minimal_heartbeat = 600
+ds[temperature].min = NaN
+ds[temperature].max = NaN
+ds[temperature].last_ds = "131"
+ds[temperature].value = 2.8608000000e+04
+ds[temperature].unknown_sec = 0
+ds[target_temp].index = 1
+ds[target_temp].type = "GAUGE"
+ds[target_temp].minimal_heartbeat = 600
+ds[target_temp].min = NaN
+ds[target_temp].max = NaN
+ds[target_temp].last_ds = "68"
+ds[target_temp].value = 1.4892000000e+04
+ds[target_temp].unknown_sec = 0
+ds[state].index = 2
+ds[state].type = "GAUGE"
+ds[state].minimal_heartbeat = 600
+ds[state].min = NaN
+ds[state].max = NaN
+ds[state].last_ds = "0"
+ds[state].value = 0.0000000000e+00
+ds[state].unknown_sec = 0
+rra[0].cf = "AVERAGE"
+rra[0].rows = 300
+rra[0].cur_row = 182
+rra[0].pdp_per_row = 1
+rra[0].xff = 5.0000000000e-01
+rra[0].cdp_prep[0].value = NaN
+rra[0].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[0].cdp_prep[1].value = NaN
+rra[0].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[0].cdp_prep[2].value = NaN
+rra[0].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[1].cf = "AVERAGE"
+rra[1].rows = 300
+rra[1].cur_row = 38
+rra[1].pdp_per_row = 7
+rra[1].xff = 5.0000000000e-01
+rra[1].cdp_prep[0].value = 6.3484000000e+02
+rra[1].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[1].cdp_prep[1].value = 3.4000000000e+02
+rra[1].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[1].cdp_prep[2].value = 0.0000000000e+00
+rra[1].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[2].cf = "AVERAGE"
+rra[2].rows = 300
+rra[2].cur_row = 177
+rra[2].pdp_per_row = 31
+rra[2].xff = 5.0000000000e-01
+rra[2].cdp_prep[0].value = 3.2700500000e+03
+rra[2].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[2].cdp_prep[1].value = 1.8360000000e+03
+rra[2].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[2].cdp_prep[2].value = 0.0000000000e+00
+rra[2].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[3].cf = "AVERAGE"
+rra[3].rows = 1500
+rra[3].cur_row = 417
+rra[3].pdp_per_row = 352
+rra[3].xff = 5.0000000000e-01
+rra[3].cdp_prep[0].value = 1.4339880000e+04
+rra[3].cdp_prep[0].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[3].cdp_prep[1].value = 9.7240000000e+03
+rra[3].cdp_prep[1].unknown_datapoints = 0
+rra[3].cdp_prep[2].value = 0.0000000000e+00
+rra[3].cdp_prep[2].unknown_datapoints = 0