Introduces ExcludeRegexp to the tail plugin

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

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index 2eb8d30..75681ca 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -3718,6 +3718,7 @@ user using (extended) regular expressions, as described in L<regex(7)>.
       </Match>
       <Match>
         Regex "\\<R=local_user\\>"
+        ExcludeRegex "\\<R=local_user\\>.*mail_spool defer"
         DSType "CounterInc"
         Type "counter"
         Instance "local_user"
@@ -3752,6 +3753,13 @@ want to match literal parentheses you need to do the following:
 
   Regex "SPAM \\(Score: (-?[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\)"
 
+=item B<ExcludeRegex> I<regex>
+
+Sets an optional regular expression to use for excluding lines from the match.
+An example which excludes all connections from localhost from the match:
+
+  ExcludeRegex "127\\.0\\.0\\.1"
+
 =item B<DSType> I<Type>
 
 Sets how the values are cumulated. I<Type> is one of: