Hi, On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:13 AM, Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:58 AM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2013, Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > > > > Hi, > >> > >> I assume this comment was about the inotify part. I was looking just at > >> the docs. Not sure which version they are for. But I see a December > 4th, > >> 2013 comment for a 2008 issue in Bugzilla that makes me think inotify is > >> not being used. > >> > > > > Rainer has been working on imfile in the last few months. I don't know if > > inotify is used or not. > > > > > > I also saw a max of 100 files can be monitored without recompiling. > That > >> feels like a serious limit. Is making that higher (1000?) or > configurable > >> an option? > >> > > > > I think I saw a note from him about making that much higher, or having it > > dynamically allocate things so there was no hard limit. I don't remember > > the details though. > > > > for older versions, you have to edit the source and recompile, but > there's > > not a hard limit on how large you can make it, it just eats a little more > > ram > > > > That's another incarnation of the 24hr problem. As David said, I started to > work on this in 7.5, but then this work got interrupted by the v8 work > (remember that I was quite unhappy at that time?). > > The current version does not use inotify. Work on that is 98% finished, > it's contained in master-imfile (or so) git branch. I initially thought I > could merge this into v8 before I leave for vacation, but this no longer is > doable. So I now hope to do this in January. Workload at that time will > tell if it is possible to finally also implement directory monitoring and > such. > Sounds good! > This is a good example of why I often react with "there is more important > work to do". The imfile changes are request by a lot of folks for several > month (3 years or so actually). Yet, I always need to push them away due to > more important work. I know this is dissatisfying to a couple of folks, > including me ;) > Right, this is where inviting people who have shown skills, interest, positive attitude, etc. get invited. :) Re Spool Directory Q: yeah, I was wondering if Rsyslog can just "watch a directory" and start tailing and file that gets placed in there + handle their truncation or replacement. Otis _______________________________________________ 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.
