Merge branch 'collectd-5.7' into collectd-5.8

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.pod

diff --git a/src/collectd.pod b/src/collectd.pod
index fb0403b..1dd899b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.pod
@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ the read callbacks once. A return code not equal to zero indicates an error.
 
 =item B<-P> I<E<lt>pid-fileE<gt>>
 
 
 =item B<-P> I<E<lt>pid-fileE<gt>>
 

-Specify an alternative pid file. This overwrites any settings in the config 
+Specify an alternative pid file. This overwrites any settings in the config

 file. This is thought for init-scripts that require the PID-file in a certain
 directory to work correctly. For everyday-usage use the B<PIDFile>
 config-option.
 
 file. This is thought for init-scripts that require the PID-file in a certain
 directory to work correctly. For everyday-usage use the B<PIDFile>
 config-option.
 

+=item B<-B>
+
+If set, collectd will I<not> try to create its base directory. If the base
+directory does not exist, it will exit rather than trying to create the
+directory.
+

 =item B<-f>
 
 Don't fork to the background. I<collectd> will also B<not> close standard file
 =item B<-f>
 
 Don't fork to the background. I<collectd> will also B<not> close standard file


@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ There are two big groups of plugins, B<input> and B<output> plugins:
 
 =over 4
 
 
 =over 4
 

-=item
+=item *

 
 Input plugins are queried periodically. They somehow acquire the current value
 of whatever they where designed to work with and submit these values back to
 
 Input plugins are queried periodically. They somehow acquire the current value
 of whatever they where designed to work with and submit these values back to


@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ the daemon, i. e. they "dispatch" the values. As an example, the C<cpu plugin>
 reads the current cpu-counters of time spent in the various modes (user,
 system, nice, ...) and dispatches these counters to the daemon.
 
 reads the current cpu-counters of time spent in the various modes (user,
 system, nice, ...) and dispatches these counters to the daemon.
 

-=item
+=item *

 
 Output plugins get the dispatched values from the daemon and does something
 with them. Common applications are writing to RRD-files, CSV-files or sending
 
 Output plugins get the dispatched values from the daemon and does something
 with them. Common applications are writing to RRD-files, CSV-files or sending