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Denes Arvay commented on FLUME-2994:
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We only use the inode long value in the {{tailFiles}} map. If we changed the
{{tailFiles}} to {{Map<FileKey, TailFile>}} then we could use it regardless of
the environment. So there would be no need for platform check and - as it's not
windows-only - I wouldn't consider that change as proliferation of a windows
workaround. As per my understanding {{FileKey}} is a unique identifier for a
file, so in our usecase it can replace the current inode value.
> flume-taildir-source: support for windows
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> Key: FLUME-2994
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-2994
> Project: Flume
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Sinks+Sources, Windows
> Affects Versions: v1.7.0
> Reporter: Jason Kushmaul
> Assignee: Jason Kushmaul
> Priority: Trivial
> Fix For: v1.7.0
>
> Attachments: FLUME-2994-2.patch, taildir-mac.conf, taildir-win8.1.conf
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> Original Estimate: 168h
> Remaining Estimate: 168h
>
> The current implementation of flume-taildir-source does not support windows.
> The only reason for this from what I can see is a simple call to
> Files.getAttribute(file.toPath(), "unix:ino");
> I've tested an equivalent for windows (which of course does not work on
> non-windows). With an OS switch we should be able to identify a file
> independent of file name on either system.
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