Appends I<Name> to B<sys.path>. You won't be able to import any scripts you
wrote unless they are located in one of the directories in this list. Please
-note that it only has effect on plugins loaded after this option.
+note that it only has effect on plugins loaded after this option. You can
+use multiple B<ModulePath> lines to add more than one directory.
=item B<LogTraces> I<bool>
B<1.> collectd will try to import the B<readline> module to give you a decent
way of entering your commands. The daemonized collectd won't do that.
-=item
+=item
B<2.> collectd will block I<SIGINT>. Pressing I<Ctrl+C> will usually cause
collectd to shut down. This would be problematic in an interactive session,
To quit collectd send I<EOF> (press I<Ctrl+D> at the beginning of a new line).
+=item
+
+B<3.> collectd handles I<SIGCHLD>. This means that python won't be able to
+determine the return code of spawned processes with system(), popen() and
+subprocess. This will result in python not using external programs like less
+to display help texts. You can override this behavior with the B<PAGER>
+environment variable, e.g. I<export PAGER=less> before starting collectd.
+Depending on your version of python this might or might not result in an
+B<OSError> exception which can be ignored.
+
=back
=item E<lt>B<Module> I<Name>E<gt> block
Data descriptors defined here:
=over 4
-
+
=item parent
This represents the parent of this node. On the root node
of the config tree it will be None.
-
+
=item key
This is the keyword of this item, i.e. the first word of any given line in the
config file. It will always be a string.
-
+
=item values
This is a tuple (which might be empty) of all value, i.e. words following the
Every item in this tuple will be either a string or a float or a boolean,
depending on the contents of the configuration file.
-
+
=item children
This is a tuple of child nodes. For most nodes this will be empty. If this node
=over 4
=item B<dispatch>([type][, values][, plugin_instance][, type_instance][, plugin][, host][, time][, interval]) -> None.
-
+
Dispatch this instance to the collectd process. The object has members for each
of the possible arguments for this method. For a detailed explanation of these
parameters see the member of the same same.
source. This value has to be a positive integer, so you can't submit more than
one value per second. If this member is set to a non-positive value, the
default value as specified in the config file will be used (default: 10).
-
+
If you submit values more often than the specified interval, the average will
be used. If you submit less values, your graphs will have gaps.
=over 4
=item B<dispatch>([type][, values][, plugin_instance][, type_instance][, plugin][, host][, time][, interval]) -> None. Dispatch a value list.
-
+
Dispatch this instance to the collectd process. The object has members for each
of the possible arguments for this method. For a detailed explanation of these
parameters see the member of the same same.
-
+
If you do not submit a parameter the value saved in its member will be
submitted. If you do provide a parameter it will be used instead, without
altering the member.
=head1 AUTHOR
-The C<python plugin> has been written by Sebastian Harl
-E<lt>shE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>tokkee.orgE<gt>.
+The C<python plugin> has been written by
+Sven Trenkel E<lt>collectdE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>semidefinite.deE<gt>.
-This manpage has been written by Florian Forster
-E<lt>octoE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>verplant.orgE<gt> and Sebastian Harl
-E<lt>shE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>tokkee.orgE<gt>.
+This manpage has been written by Sven Trenkel
+E<lt>collectdE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>semidefinite.deE<gt>.
+It is based on the L<collectd-perl(5)> manual page by
+Florian Forster E<lt>octoE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>verplant.orgE<gt> and
+Sebastian Harl E<lt>shE<nbsp>atE<nbsp>tokkee.orgE<gt>.
=cut
-
projects / collectd.git / blobdiff