From 276d1e1bdfc3e02431bb05c06da7a16f80fa7e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:16:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5): Document the semantics of the "TypesDB" option in more detail. Fixed: #1241 --- src/collectd.conf.pod | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index e5a5c754..f54ef166 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -232,6 +232,12 @@ Path to the plugins (shared objects) of collectd. Set one or more files that contain the data-set descriptions. See L for a description of the format of this file. +If this option is not specified, a default file is read. If you need to define +custom types in addition to the types defined in the default file, you need to +explicitly load both. In other words, if the B option is encountered +the default behavior is disabled and if you need the default types you have to +also explicitly load them. + =item B I Configures the interval in which to query the read plugins. Obviously smaller -- 2.30.2