collectd.conf: Added a short explanation to the 'Interval' setting.

[collectd.git] / src / collectd.conf.in

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.in b/src/collectd.conf.in
index 87af1c96c390b53ba79a51356c14f46678ece771..daf2d9a8dcf58eb86fa3d8c734b7f5fc6c3bce91 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.in
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.in
@@ -16,7 +16,16 @@
 #PIDFile     "@localstatedir@/run/@PACKAGE_NAME@.pid"
 #PluginDir   "@libdir@/@PACKAGE_NAME@"
 #TypesDB     "@prefix@/share/@PACKAGE_NAME@/types.db"
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Interval at which to query values. This may be overwritten on a per-plugin #
+# base by using the 'Interval' option of the LoadPlugin block:               #
+#   <LoadPlugin foo>                                                         #
+#       Interval 60                                                          #
+#   </LoadPlugin>                                                            #
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #Interval     10
+
 #Timeout      2
 #ReadThreads  5