The 0 bytes files should be renamed to .done file after the collector close the file. If those files have been sitting around for a long time, then your guess is right. There is a JIRA for this, it is:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CHUKWA-4 I think the fix is to handling of sigterm correctly for the collector. Regards, Eric On 3/5/10 8:20 AM, "Corbin Hoenes" <cor...@tynt.com> wrote: > We are getting a bunch of 0 byte *.chukwa files in logs. What could be the > cause of this? (e.g. starting and stopping the collector or if a collector > dies etc...) > > Is there a JIRA that reflects this issue (not sure if it's common)? >