csv plugin: Make it possible to write values to STDOUT.

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 5a25368..1b07fa8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ installed and an "cpu governor" (that's a kernel module) is loaded.
 
 Set the directory to store CSV-files under. Per default CSV-files are generated
 beneath the daemon's working directory, i.E<nbsp>e. the B<BaseDir>.
+The special strings B<stdout> and B<stderr> can be used to write to the standard
+output and standard error channels, respectively. This, of course, only makes
+much sense when collectd is running in foreground- or non-daemon-mode.
 
 =item B<StoreRates> B<true|false>