X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-exec.pod;h=c65966bd3d77dbba167ca9fc4bb4869974d4c3a3;hb=0d9f395599348e735e6f461e1c328293bef0d060;hp=0e4cd53af6d7dfeb9997b8971eb576b65b3f83d8;hpb=791e99923dbbf045b11fbd7b0ea8df647e29593e;p=collectd.git diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod index 0e4cd53a..c65966bd 100644 --- a/src/collectd-exec.pod +++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod @@ -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 @@ -281,12 +281,12 @@ to make use of collectd's more powerful interface. =over 4 -=item +=item * The user, the binary is executed as, may not have root privileges, i.Ee. must have an UID that is non-zero. This is for your own good. -=item +=item * Early versions of the plugin did not use a command but treated all lines as if they were arguments to the I command. When the I command was