From: Florian Forster <octo@leeloo.lan.home.verplant.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:28:07 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: collectd-exec(5): Document the environment variables.
X-Git-Tag: collectd-4.9.0~83
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6f42db1a14f449f99963191f372c61d418bc8a08;p=collectd.git

collectd-exec(5): Document the environment variables.
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diff --git a/src/collectd-exec.pod b/src/collectd-exec.pod
index b95779dd..81b3a2ec 100644
--- a/src/collectd-exec.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-exec.pod
@@ -230,6 +230,23 @@ associated with a certain value.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 ENVIRONMENT
+
+The following environment variables are set by the plugin before calling
+I<exec>:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item COLLECTD_INTERVAL
+
+Value of the global interval setting.
+
+=item COLLECTD_HOSTNAME
+
+Hostname used by I<collectd> to dispatch local values.
+
+=back
+
 =head1 USING NAGIOS PLUGINS
 
 Though the interface is far from perfect, there are tons of plugins for Nagios.