[collectd] About per-plugin interval usage on 5.2.0

[Bill Schwanitz]

On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:30 PM, Bill Schwanitz <bilsch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm, I thought that was how it was supposed to work. I've not done variable intervals - I just understood this was how it was supposed to work - maybe a mis-intrepretation?

Yea,
http://www.collectd.org/documentation/manpages/collectd.conf.5.shtml#global_options

<quote>
Interval Seconds
Sets a plugin-specific interval for collecting metrics. This overrides the global Interval setting. If a plugin provides own support for specifying an interval, that setting will take precedence.
</quote>

Not sure why what you did would not work. Would that Interval also apply to a write plugin type? EG you would need to set an interval there too? ( seems odd to me )