X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?p=collectd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fcollectd-python.pod;h=773a6cd4b7919b1d950794c63b49dc401e43a4c1;hp=0da891f1e47b5aa3dc14eabb7f97fc6b0d7dfc45;hb=e2b289ea039269b60edd459d2d514d3f82820e3a;hpb=65c20e41cfad6e7ab024983f561835fd347124ce diff --git a/src/collectd-python.pod b/src/collectd-python.pod index 0da891f1..773a6cd4 100644 --- a/src/collectd-python.pod +++ b/src/collectd-python.pod @@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ collectd script as well as from a normal Python interpreter: =over 4 -=item +=item * B<1.> collectd will try to import the B module to give you a decent way of entering your commands. The daemonized collectd won't do that. -=item +=item * B<2.> collectd will block I. Pressing I will usually cause collectd to shut down. This would be problematic in an interactive session, @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ exception either. To quit collectd send I (press I at the beginning of a new line). -=item +=item * B<3.> collectd handles I. This means that Python won't be able to determine the return code of spawned processes with system(), popen() and @@ -515,18 +515,18 @@ different events. With one exception all of them are called as shown above. =over 4 -=item +=item * I is a callable object that will be called every time the event is triggered. -=item +=item * I is an optional object that will be passed back to the callback function every time it is called. If you omit this parameter no object is passed back to your callback, not even None. -=item +=item * I is an optional identifier for this callback. The default name is B.I. I is taken from the B<__module__> attribute of @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ your callback function. Every callback needs a unique identifier, so if you want to register the same callback multiple times in the same module you need to specify a name here. Otherwise it's safe to ignore this parameter. -=item +=item * I is the full identifier assigned to this callback. @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ A float or None, the maximum value. =back -=item B(I[, I][, I]) -> None +=item B(I None Flush one or all plugins. I and the specified I are passed on to the registered flush-callbacks. If omitted, the timeout defaults @@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ types used by the read, write and match functions. =over 4 -=item +=item * Please feel free to send in new plugins to collectd's mailing list at EcollectdEatEcollectd.orgE for review and, possibly, @@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ L. =over 4 -=item +=item * collectd is heavily multi-threaded. Each collectd thread accessing the Python plugin will be mapped to a Python interpreter thread. Any such thread will be @@ -707,13 +707,13 @@ Hence, any plugin has to be thread-safe if it provides several entry points from collectd (i.Ee. if it registers more than one callback or if a registered callback may be called more than once in parallel). -=item +=item * The Python thread module is initialized just before calling the init callbacks. This means you must not use Python's threading module prior to this point. This includes all config and possibly other callback as well. -=item +=item * The python plugin exports the internal API of collectd which is considered unstable and subject to change at any time. We try hard to not break backwards @@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ dispatched by the python plugin after upgrades. =over 4 -=item +=item * Not all aspects of the collectd API are accessible from Python. This includes but is not limited to filters and data sets.