B<1.> collectd will try to import the B<readline> module to give you a decent
way of entering your commands. The daemonized collectd won't do that.
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B<2.> collectd will block I<SIGINT>. Pressing I<Ctrl+C> will usually cause
collectd to shut down. This would be problematic in an interactive session,
Data descriptors defined here:
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=item parent
This represents the parent of this node. On the root node
of the config tree it will be None.
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=item key
This is the keyword of this item, i.e. the first word of any given line in the
config file. It will always be a string.
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=item values
This is a tuple (which might be empty) of all value, i.e. words following the
Every item in this tuple will be either a string or a float or a boolean,
depending on the contents of the configuration file.
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=item children
This is a tuple of child nodes. For most nodes this will be empty. If this node
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=item B<dispatch>([type][, values][, plugin_instance][, type_instance][, plugin][, host][, time][, interval]) -> None.
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Dispatch this instance to the collectd process. The object has members for each
of the possible arguments for this method. For a detailed explanation of these
parameters see the member of the same same.
source. This value has to be a positive integer, so you can't submit more than
one value per second. If this member is set to a non-positive value, the
default value as specified in the config file will be used (default: 10).
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If you submit values more often than the specified interval, the average will
be used. If you submit less values, your graphs will have gaps.
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=item B<dispatch>([type][, values][, plugin_instance][, type_instance][, plugin][, host][, time][, interval]) -> None. Dispatch a value list.
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Dispatch this instance to the collectd process. The object has members for each
of the possible arguments for this method. For a detailed explanation of these
parameters see the member of the same same.
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If you do not submit a parameter the value saved in its member will be
submitted. If you do provide a parameter it will be used instead, without
altering the member.