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Roshan Naik commented on FLUME-2498:
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Qiuck update.. changing the order has proved a bit more complex than expected.
thought i had it but the tests indicate otherwise.
Still working on it.
Also it is becoming evident to me that lastModified time is more appropriate
than creation time as old files may still be getting updated. that way a file
deleting agent can remove files that have not been modified for a long time
rather than based on creation time.
> Implement Taildir Source
> ------------------------
>
> Key: FLUME-2498
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2498
> Project: Flume
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Sinks+Sources
> Reporter: Satoshi Iijima
> Fix For: v1.7.0
>
> Attachments: FLUME-2498-2.patch, FLUME-2498-3.patch,
> FLUME-2498-4.patch, FLUME-2498.patch
>
>
> This is the proposal of implementing a new tailing source.
> This source watches the specified files, and tails them in nearly real-time
> once appends are detected to these files.
> * This source is reliable and will not miss data even when the tailing files
> rotate.
> * It periodically writes the last read position of each file in a position
> file using the JSON format.
> * If Flume is stopped or down for some reason, it can restart tailing from
> the position written on the existing position file.
> * It can add event headers to each tailing file group.
> A attached patch includes a config documentation of this.
> This source requires Unix-style file system and Java 1.7 or later.
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