X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-exec.pod;h=b878657957a5614146cd8cd4891ed0cdf79a5b3d;hp=0e4cd53af6d7dfeb9997b8971eb576b65b3f83d8;hb=d486225f89ea52d8ed2b4242eba2ad94c409f837;hpb=a1e7183991a922b4eeca02aafaf45cd675688570 diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod index 0e4cd53a..b8786579 100644 --- a/src/collectd-exec.pod +++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Each line beginning with a C<#> (hash mark) is ignored. =item B I [I] I Submits one or more values (identified by I, see below) to the -daemon which will dispatch it to all it's write-plugins. +daemon which will dispatch it to all its write-plugins. An I is of the form CBIB<->IBIB<->I> with both @@ -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