Just to clarify, this is only in relation to imfile and the processing of files to be scraped, not in the omfile with dynafile directory paths correct?
If that is the case, I can only see limited use cases for that feature. Honestly, administrators should already have the directories in place, most applications won't even start, let alone be able to create files for Rsyslog to process, if the directory doesn't already exist. My opinion is if it is that much effort to replicate then it may not be worth the migration into the new design. -- James -----Original Message----- From: rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-boun...@lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:06 AM To: rsyslog-users Subject: Re: [rsyslog] imfile and non-existing directories On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM, David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> I would like to get some feedback. As you may know, I am currently >> refactoring imfile to support inotify. One side-effect of the >> previous polling implementation causes me some headache: >> >> Currently, imfile simply tries to open the file during each polling >> interval. As a consequence, it is able to monitor files even if the >> directory path leading to them is not always available (most >> importantly it must not be available on startup). >> >> Building this behaviour with inotify requires quite some code. So >> question >> now: do you think this is essential functionality? Is somebody >> actually using it? >> >> Side-Note: I call it "side-effect", as this behaviour was never >> spec'ed, intended, or designed -- it just happens this way due to how >> polling currently works. >> > > Is this just if the directory is not reachable, or if the file isn't there? > > just the directory. The file not being there is actually very typical - for example, it hapens each time a file is rotated away. The new imfile inotify mode thus will monitor the directory, and re-enable a file when it is (re)created. But with missing directories, I need to do this recursively over potentially many layers. I am still a bit concerned that this feature might have some use cases, even though it was never desired - think about things where everything is setup but the actual structure is created later at runtime of the various application (containers)... As a compromise, I think I will at least in the early versions have the ability to select the old-style polling mode even though inotify is available. Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
