On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:37 PM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, C. L. Martinez wrote: > > HI all, >> >> Question: Is syslogtag property >> (http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/**property_replacer.html<http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/property_replacer.html>) >> the same as tag >> when imfile module is used?? >> >> For example in the following configuration: >> >> input(type="imfile" file="/tmp/test.log" tag="testlog:" >> statefile="/tmp/testlog-state" facility="local6" severity="info") >> >> if $syslogtag == 'testlog:' then { >> action(type="omfwd" protocol="tcp" target="1.1.1.1"..... >> >> Is this correct?? >> > > other than the fact that I'm not sure if the : is part of syslogtag, yes. > The tag value you use for imfile is what goes in the log in the syslogtag > location. > > The colon should not be part of it, but imfile (I think) does not check for invalid characters ... and it is probably too late to change that without breaking too much...
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