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[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 43a322b..946270f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ a value higher than the number of plugins you've loaded is totally useless.
 =item B<Hostname> I<Name>
 
 Sets the hostname that identifies a host. If you omit this setting, the
-hostname will be determinded using the L<gethostname(2)> system call.
+hostname will be determined using the L<gethostname(2)> system call.
 
 =item B<FQDNLookup> B<true|false>
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ The curl plugin uses the B<libcurl> (L<http://curl.haxx.se/>) to read web pages
 and the match infrastructure (the same code used by the tail plugin) to use
 regular expressions with the received data.
 
-The following example will read the current value of AMD stock from google's
+The following example will read the current value of AMD stock from Google's
 finance page and dispatch the value to collectd.
 
   <Plugin curl>
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ The following example will collect the status values from each database:
 
 In the B<Plugin> block, there may be one or more B<URL> blocks, each defining
 a URL to be fetched via HTTP (using libcurl) and one or more B<Key> blocks.
-The B<Key> string argument must be in a path format, of which is used to collect
-a value from a JSON map object.  If a B<Key> path element is that of a I<*> wildcard,
-the values for all keys will be collectd.
+The B<Key> string argument must be in a path format, which is used to collect a
+value from a JSON map object. If a path element of B<Key> is the
+I<*>E<nbsp>wildcard, the values for all keys will be collectd.
 
 The following options are valid within B<URL> blocks:
 
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ The following is a complete list of options:
 Query blocks define I<SQL> statements and how the returned data should be
 interpreted. They are identified by the name that is given in the opening line
 of the block. Thus the name needs to be unique. Other than that, the name is
-not used in collectd. 
+not used in collectd.
 
 In each B<Query> block, there is one or more B<Result> blocks. B<Result> blocks
 define which column holds which value or instance information. You can use
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ options to provide multiple queries with the same name but with a slightly
 different syntax. The plugin will use only those queries, where the specified
 minimum and maximum versions fit the version of the database in use.
 
-The database version is determined by C<dbi_conn_get_engine_version>, see the 
+The database version is determined by C<dbi_conn_get_engine_version>, see the
 L<libdbi documentation|http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/docs/programmers-guide/reference-conn.html#DBI-CONN-GET-ENGINE-VERSION>
 for details. Basically, each part of the version is assumed to be in the range
 from B<00> to B<99> and all dots are removed. So version "4.1.2" becomes
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ is set to B<true>, all disks are collected B<except> the ones matched.
 
 =item B<Interface> I<Interface>
 
-The dns plugin uses B<libpcap> to capture dns traffic and analyses it. This
+The dns plugin uses B<libpcap> to capture dns traffic and analyzes it. This
 option sets the interface that should be used. If this option is not set, or
 set to "any", the plugin will try to get packets from B<all> interfaces. This
 may not work on certain platforms, such as MacE<nbsp>OSE<nbsp>X.
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ Here are some examples to help you understand the above text more easily:
 
 =item B<IgnoreSelected>
 
-The behaviour is the same as with all other similar plugins: If nothing is
+The behavior is the same as with all other similar plugins: If nothing is
 selected at all, everything is collected. If some things are selected using the
 options described above, only these statistics are collected. If you set
 B<IgnoreSelected> to B<true>, this behavior is inverted, i.E<nbsp>e. the
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ specified statistics will not be collected.
 
 The Network plugin sends data to a remote instance of collectd, receives data
 from a remote instance, or both at the same time. Data which has been received
-from the network is usually not transmitted again, but this can be actived, see
+from the network is usually not transmitted again, but this can be activated, see
 the B<Forward> option below.
 
 The default IPv6 multicast group is C<ff18::efc0:4a42>. The default IPv4
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@ UDP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<123>.
 
 =item B<ReverseLookups> B<true>|B<false>
 
-Sets wether or not to perform reverse lookups on peers. Since the name or
+Sets whether or not to perform reverse lookups on peers. Since the name or
 IP-address may be used in a filename it is recommended to disable reverse
 lookups. The default is to do reverse lookups to preserve backwards
 compatibility, though.
@@ -3345,7 +3345,7 @@ selection is configured at all, B<all> devices are selected.
 
 =head2 Plugin C<tokyotyrant>
 
-The C<tokyotyrant plugin> connects to a TokyoTyrant server and collects a 
+The C<tokyotyrant plugin> connects to a TokyoTyrant server and collects a
 couple metrics: number of records, and database size on disk.
 
 =over 4
@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ This is the same as writing:
 
 =back
 
-=head2 Built-in targets 
+=head2 Built-in targets
 
 The following targets are built into the core daemon and therefore need no
 plugins to be loaded: