That would be A for Awesome :)

2013/12/16 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>

> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Radu Gheorghe <[email protected]
> >wrote:
>
> > 2013/12/16 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Radu Gheorghe <
> [email protected]
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > One comment regarding the equivalent of the Spooling Directory
> > > > Source<
> > > >
> http://flume.apache.org/FlumeUserGuide.html#spooling-directory-source
> > >in
> > > > Flume:
> > > >
> > > > rsyslog has a state file where it monitors where it left off. So (in
> > > > theory, at least), if the output blocks and the queues fill up, the
> app
> > > can
> > > > continue to write to that file and rsyslog will be able to continue
> > where
> > > > it left off.
> > > >
> > > > Though I'm not sure what happens if the file also rotates during the
> > > > process - if it can keep track. I think it should keep track, just
> like
> > > it
> > > > can do that during "normal" operation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > one rotation is fine, so file n and n+1 are ok, but if we process file
> n,
> > > n+1 is created and than n+2 (WIHTOUT n being finished yet), n+1 is
> lost.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I think it would be pretty paranoid to support that use-case unless it's
> > trivial to add. I'd say the current behavior is OK for pretty much
> > everyone.
> >
>
> yup, much more valuable is wildcards. When I finally find time, you'll be
> able to monitor e.g. appA*.log files.
>
> Rainer
>
> >
> >
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