Thanks for the bug reports. It's now fixed both in git and on the site. Rainer
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Martin Foot <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to report what I believe is a small documentation bug on the > following page: > > http://www.rsyslog.com/doc/imfile.html > > Apologies if this is not the correct place to do this. I could not find an > issue tracker. > > Specifically, the documentation describes under the "Legacy Configuration > Directives" section: > > > $InputFilePollInterval seconds > > equivalent to: PollingInterva > > The sample just a little bit lower down uses the following syntax: > > > # check for new lines every 10 seconds > > $InputFilePollingInterval 10 > > Note the "PollInterval" vs "PollingInterval". > > The use of "PollingInterval" causes the following log message when starting > the daemon: > > > rsyslogd-2124: CONFIG ERROR: could not interpret master config file > '/etc/rsyslog.conf'. [try http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2124 ] > > syslogd: the last error occured in /etc/rsyslog.d/my_imfile_config.conf, > line 9:"$InputFilePollingInterval 10" > > rsyslogd: the last error occured in /etc/rsyslog.conf, line > 28:"$IncludeConfig /etc/rsyslog.d/*.conf" > > Using "PollInterval" fixes this. > > My Ubuntu rsyslog package version is 5.8.6-1ubuntu8.4. > My rsyslogd version is 5.8.6. > > I came across this solution via the following Stack Exchange question from > another user with the same error: > > > http://serverfault.com/questions/486602/rsyslog-text-file-input-module-error > > Please could I request that the documentation on the site is updated. > > Thanks, > > Martin > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
