=head1 VALUE IDENTIFIER
-The values in the collectd are identified using an five-tupel (host, plugin,
+The values in the collectd are identified using an five-tuple (host, plugin,
plugin-instance, type, type-instance) where only plugin-instance and
type-instance may be NULL (or undefined). Many functions expect an
I<%identifier> hash that has at least the members B<host>, B<plugin>, and
=item I<$obj>-E<gt>B<putval> (I<%identifier>, B<time> =E<gt> I<$time>, B<values> =E<gt> [...]);
Submits a value-list to the daemon. If the B<time> argument is omitted
-C<time()> is used. The requierd argument B<values> is a reference to an array
+C<time()> is used. The required argument B<values> is a reference to an array
of values that is to be submitted. The number of values must match the number
of values expected for the given B<type> (see L<VALUE IDENTIFIER>), though this
is checked by the daemon, not the Perl module. Also, gauge data-sources
return;
} # putnotif
+=item I<$obj>-E<gt>B<flush> (B<timeout> =E<gt> I<$timeout>, B<plugins> =E<gt> [...]);
+
+Flush cached data.
+
+Valid options are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<timeout>
+
+If this option is specified, only data older than I<$timeout> seconds is
+flushed.
+
+=item B<plugins>
+
+If this option is specified, only the selected plugins will be flushed.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+
+sub flush
+{
+ my $obj = shift;
+ my %args = @_;
+
+ my $fh = $obj->{'sock'} or confess;
+
+ my $status = 0;
+ my $msg = "FLUSH";
+
+ if ($args{'timeout'})
+ {
+ $msg .= " timeout=" . $args{'timeout'};
+ }
+
+ if ($args{'plugins'})
+ {
+ foreach my $plugin (@{$args{'plugins'}})
+ {
+ $msg .= " plugin=" . $plugin;
+ }
+ }
+
+ $msg .= "\n";
+
+ send ($fh, $msg, 0) or confess ("send: $!");
+ $msg = undef;
+ recv ($fh, $msg, 1024, 0) or confess ("recv: $!");
+
+ ($status, $msg) = split (' ', $msg, 2);
+ return (1) if ($status == 0);
+
+ $obj->{'error'} = $msg;
+ return;
+}
+
=item I<$obj>-E<gt>destroy ();
Closes the socket before the object is destroyed. This function is also