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Joe Skora commented on NIFI-994: -------------------------------- [~markap14] I agree Scenario #4 is unlikely, but I fully expect Scenario #2 will happen. Since it will only occur at the frequency of the log rotation it will probably go unnoticed and it might be impossible to detect. However, I can envision OS aware versions that use file system features like iNotify or understand logrotate so that they can keep on processing the data even as the "logs roll". ;-) Regardless, this is going to be a useful processor and probably pretty popular. It will be good to have it in the toolkit! > Processor to tail files > ----------------------- > > Key: NIFI-994 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-994 > Project: Apache NiFi > Issue Type: New Feature > Affects Versions: 0.4.0 > Reporter: Joseph Percivall > Assignee: Mark Payne > Fix For: 0.4.0 > > Attachments: 0001-NIFI-994-Initial-import-of-TailFile.patch, > 0002-NIFI-994-Ensure-that-processor-is-not-valid-due-to-t.patch > > > It's a very common data ingest situation to want to input text into the > system by "tailing" a file, most commonly log files. Currently we don't have > an easy way to do this. > A simple processor to tail a file would benefit many users. There would need > to be an option to not just tail a file but pick up where the processor left > off if it is interrupted. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)