projects
/
collectd.git
/ commitdiff
commit
grep
author
committer
pickaxe
?
search:
re
summary
|
shortlog
|
log
|
commit
| commitdiff |
tree
raw
|
patch
|
inline
| side by side (from parent 1:
459c308
)
collectd.conf(5): Document he "Derive*" and "AbsoluteSet" DSTypes of the tail plugin.
author
Florian Forster
<octo@huhu.verplant.org>
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:07:35 +0000
(08:07 +0200)
committer
Florian Forster
<octo@huhu.verplant.org>
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:07:35 +0000
(08:07 +0200)
src/collectd.conf.pod
patch
|
blob
|
history
diff --git
a/src/collectd.conf.pod
b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index
ec68c44
..
be7d99c
100644
(file)
--- a/
src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/
src/collectd.conf.pod
@@
-3803,25
+3803,37
@@
Use the last number found.
=item B<CounterSet>
=item B<CounterSet>
-The matched number is a counter. Simply sets the internal counter to this
-value.
+=item B<DeriveSet>
+
+=item B<AbsoluteSet>
+
+The matched number is a counter. Simply I<sets> the internal counter to this
+value. Variants exist for C<COUNTER>, C<DERIVE>, and C<ABSOLUTE> data sources.
=item B<CounterAdd>
=item B<CounterAdd>
-Add the matched value to the internal counter.
+=item B<DeriveAdd>
+
+Add the matched value to the internal counter. In case of B<DeriveAdd>, the
+matched number may be negative, which will effectively subtract from the
+internal counter.
=item B<CounterInc>
=item B<CounterInc>
-Increase the internal counter by one. This B<DSType> is the only one that does
-not use the matched subexpression, but simply counts the number of matched
+=item B<DeriveInc>
+
+Increase the internal counter by one. These B<DSType> are the only ones that do
+not use the matched subexpression, but simply count the number of matched
lines. Thus, you may use a regular expression without submatch in this case.
=back
As you'd expect the B<Gauge*> types interpret the submatch as a floating point
lines. Thus, you may use a regular expression without submatch in this case.
=back
As you'd expect the B<Gauge*> types interpret the submatch as a floating point
-number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<CounterSet> and B<CounterAdd> interpret the
-submatch as an integer using L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc> does not use the
-submatch at all and it may be omitted in this case.
+number, using L<strtod(3)>. The B<Counter*> and B<AbsoluteSet> types interpret
+the submatch as an unsigned integer using L<strtoull(3)>. The B<Derive*> types
+interpret the submatch as a signed integer using L<strtoll(3)>. B<CounterInc>
+and B<DeriveInc> do not use the submatch at all and it may be omitted in this
+case.
=item B<Type> I<Type>
=item B<Type> I<Type>