Exec "myuser:mygroup" "myprog"
Exec "otheruser" "/path/to/another/binary" "arg0" "arg1"
NotificationExec "user" "/usr/lib/collectd/exec/handle_notification"
- NagiosExec "nagios:nagios" "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_something"
</Plugin>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The C<exec plugin> forks of an executable either to receive values, to dispatch
-notifications to the outside world or to be able to use Nagios plugins. The
-syntax of the configuration is explained in L<collectd.conf(5)> but summarized
-in the above synopsis.
+The C<exec plugin> forks of an executable either to receive values or to
+dispatch notifications to the outside world. The syntax of the configuration is
+explained in L<collectd.conf(5)> but summarized in the above synopsis.
If you want/need better performance or more functionality you should take a
long look at the C<perl plugin>, L<collectd-perl(5)>.
=head1 EXECUTABLE TYPES
-There are currently three types of executables that can be executed by the
+There are currently two types of executables that can be executed by the
C<exec plugin>:
=over 4
See L<NOTIFICATION DATA FORMAT> below for a description of the data passed to
these programs.
+=begin comment
+
=item C<NagiosExec>
The executable is treated as a Nagios plugin. That means that the first line
documentation. If a plugin works with Nagios but not with collectd please
complain on the collectd mailing list instead.
+=end comment
+
=back
=head1 EXEC DATA FORMAT