X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=src%2Fcollectd.pod;h=8ea47ec81496716699d504e0115fdb6986cacb4c;hb=4371ef7f98f6f51ea3df34d5e26e175d6b44a328;hp=fa27e77a0f0453725c80f17468c4ee4fffbf802a;hpb=b88f9d8a83ff838523a21e4b191f447888d651cd;p=collectd.git diff --git a/src/collectd.pod b/src/collectd.pod index fa27e77a..8ea47ec8 100644 --- a/src/collectd.pod +++ b/src/collectd.pod @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +=encoding UTF-8 + =head1 NAME collectd - System statistics collection daemon @@ -31,6 +33,11 @@ directory. Test the configuration only. The program immediately exits after parsing the config file. A return code not equal to zero indicates an error. +=item B<-T> + +Test the plugin read callbacks only. The program immediately exits after invoking +the read callbacks once. A return code not equal to zero indicates an error. + =item B<-P> Ipid-fileE> Specify an alternative pid file. This overwrites any settings in the config @@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ There are two big groups of plugins, B and B plugins: =over 4 -=item +=item * Input plugins are queried periodically. They somehow acquire the current value of whatever they where designed to work with and submit these values back to @@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ the daemon, i. e. they "dispatch" the values. As an example, the C reads the current cpu-counters of time spent in the various modes (user, system, nice, ...) and dispatches these counters to the daemon. -=item +=item * Output plugins get the dispatched values from the daemon and does something with them. Common applications are writing to RRD-files, CSV-files or sending @@ -116,6 +123,8 @@ internal caches. E.Eg. the C will write all pending data to the RRD files. This is the same as using the C command of the C. +=back + =head1 SEE ALSO L,