X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-exec.pod;h=654db4088bb794516b621d5fb10d52aa87f3f835;hb=db35efb33e81d0a013e09a8a6ffa362ad5962f7c;hp=10f9f618a2ef976f07222cf69e8edfc8d55727a6;hpb=24c2f247f6dc5c17b26d715346a380efababb08f;p=collectd.git diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod index 10f9f618..654db408 100644 --- a/src/collectd-exec.pod +++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ collectd-exec - Documentation of collectd's C =head1 DESCRIPTION -The C forks of an executable either to receive values or to +The C forks off an executable either to receive values or to dispatch notifications to the outside world. The syntax of the configuration is explained in L but summarized in the above synopsis. @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ time and continuously write values to C. See L below for a description of the output format expected from these programs. -B If the executable only writes one value and then exits I will be +B If the executable only writes one value and then exits it will be executed every I seconds. If I is short (the default is 10 seconds) this may result in serious system load. @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ I is a colon-separated list of the time and the values, each either an integer if the data-source is a counter, or a double if the data-source is of type "gauge". You can submit an undefined gauge-value by using B. When submitting B to a counter the behavior is undefined. The time is given as -epoch (i.Ee. standard UNIX time). +epoch (i.Ee. standard UNIX time) or B to use the current time. You can mix options and values, but the order is important: Options only effect following values, so specifying an option as last field is allowed, but