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[collectd.git] / src / collectd-perl.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd-perl.pod b/src/collectd-perl.pod
index a19274e..d4137bb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd-perl.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-perl.pod
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+=encoding UTF-8
+
 =head1 NAME
 
 collectd-perl - Documentation of collectd's C<perl plugin>
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
-  <LoadPlugin perl>
-    Globals true
-  </LoadPlugin>
+  LoadPlugin perl
   # ...
   <Plugin perl>
     IncludeDir "/path/to/perl/plugins"
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ for collectd in Perl. This is a lot more efficient than executing a
 Perl-script every time you want to read a value with the C<exec plugin> (see
 L<collectd-exec(5)>) and provides a lot more functionality, too.
 
-When loading the C<perl plugin>, the B<Globals> option should be enabled.
-Else, the perl plugin will fail to load any Perl modules implemented in C,
-which includes, amongst many others, the B<threads> module used by the plugin
-itself. See the documentation of the B<Globals> option in L<collectd.conf(5)>
-for details.
-
 =head1 CONFIGURATION
 
 =over 4
@@ -208,7 +202,7 @@ layout looks like this:
   {
     values => [123, 0.5],
     time   => time (),
-    interval => $interval_g,
+    interval => plugin_get_interval (),
     host   => $hostname_g,
     plugin => 'myplugin',
     type   => 'myplugin',
@@ -501,6 +495,11 @@ B<FQDNLookup> configuration options (see L<collectd.conf(5)> for details).
 This variable keeps the interval in seconds in which the read functions are
 queried (see the B<Interval> configuration option).
 
+B<Note:> This variable should no longer be used in favor of
+C<plugin_get_interval()> (see above). This function takes any plugin-specific
+interval settings into account (see the C<Interval> option of C<LoadPlugin> in
+L<collectd.conf(5)> for details).
+
 =back
 
 Any changes to these variables will be globally visible in collectd.