* - name of the data set
* - number of data sources
* - list of data sources
+ *
+ * NOTE: If you're defining a custom data-set, you have to make that known to
+ * any servers as well. Else, the server is not able to store values using the
+ * type defined by that data-set.
+ * It is strongly recommended to use one of the types and data-sets
+ * pre-defined in the types.db file.
*/
static data_set_t ds =
{
vl.values = values;
vl.values_len = 1;
vl.time = time (NULL);
- strcpy (vl.host, hostname_g);
- strcpy (vl.plugin, "myplugin");
+ sstrncpy (vl.host, hostname_g, sizeof (vl.host));
+ sstrncpy (vl.plugin, "myplugin", sizeof (vl.plugin));
/* optionally set vl.plugin_instance and vl.type_instance to reasonable
* values (default: "") */
/* dispatch the values to collectd which passes them on to all registered
* write functions - the first argument is used to lookup the data set
- * definition */
+ * definition (it is strongly recommended to use a type defined in the
+ * types.db file) */
plugin_dispatch_values ("myplugin", &vl);
/* A return value != 0 indicates an error and the plugin will be skipped