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Don't fork to the background. I<collectd> will also B<not> close standard file
descriptors, detach from the session nor write a pid file. This is mainly
-thought for 'supervising' init replacements such as I<runit>.
+thought for 'supervising' init replacements such as I<runit>. If using
+I<upstart> or I<systemd> though, starting with version 5.5.0 I<collectd> is
+able to notify these two init replacements, and B<does> require forking to the
+background for process supervision. The F<contrib/> directory has sample
+I<upstart> and I<systemd> configuration files.
=item B<-h>
=over 4
-=item
+=item *
Input plugins are queried periodically. They somehow acquire the current value
of whatever they where designed to work with and submit these values back to
reads the current cpu-counters of time spent in the various modes (user,
system, nice, ...) and dispatches these counters to the daemon.
-=item
+=item *
Output plugins get the dispatched values from the daemon and does something
with them. Common applications are writing to RRD-files, CSV-files or sending
=head1 AUTHOR
-Florian Forster E<lt>octo@verplant.orgE<gt>
+Florian Forster E<lt>octo@collectd.orgE<gt>
=cut