collectd.conf(5): Document the new "Invert" option …

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index facb058..c2dfaf3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -3872,6 +3872,7 @@ user using (extended) regular expressions, as described in L<regex(7)>.
       </Match>
       <Match>
         Regex "\\<R=local_user\\>"
+        ExcludeRegex "\\<R=local_user\\>.*mail_spool defer"
         DSType "CounterInc"
         Type "counter"
         Instance "local_user"
@@ -3906,6 +3907,13 @@ want to match literal parentheses you need to do the following:
 
   Regex "SPAM \\(Score: (-?[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\)"
 
+=item B<ExcludeRegex> I<regex>
+
+Sets an optional regular expression to use for excluding lines from the match.
+An example which excludes all connections from localhost from the match:
+
+  ExcludeRegex "127\\.0\\.0\\.1"
+
 =item B<DSType> I<Type>
 
 Sets how the values are cumulated. I<Type> is one of:
@@ -4774,6 +4782,12 @@ Match values where the given regular expressions match the various fields of
 the identifier of a value. If multiple regular expressions are given, B<all>
 regexen must match for a value to match.
 
+=item B<Invert> B<false>|B<true>
+
+When set to B<true>, the result of the match is inverted, i.e. all value lists
+where all regular expressions apply are not matched, all other value lists are
+matched. Defaults to B<false>.
+
 =back
 
 Example: