timeintervaloptions: Time Interval Options

In otelsdk: 'R' 'SDK' and Exporters for 'OpenTelemetry'

Time Interval Options

Description

otel and otelsdk accept time interval options in the following format:

• A base::difftime object.

• A positive numeric scalar, interpreted as number of milliseconds. It may be fractional.

• A string scalar with a positive number and a time unit suffix. Possible time units: us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days).

When the time interval is specified in an environment variable, it may be:

• A positive number, interpreted as number of milliseconds. It may be fractional.

• A positive number with a time unit suffix. Possible time units: us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours), d (days).

Value

Not applicable.

Examples

# Write pending telemetry data to the output file every 5 seconds:
# OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_FILE_FLUSH_INTERVAL=5s

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