On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Boylan, James <[email protected]>wrote:
> Just to clarify, this is only in relation to imfile and the processing of > files to be scraped, yup > not in the omfile with dynafile directory paths correct? > > If that is the case, I can only see limited use cases for that feature. > Honestly, administrators should already have the directories in place, most > applications won't even start, let alone be able to create files for > Rsyslog to process, if the directory doesn't already exist. My opinion is > if it is that much effort to replicate then it may not be worth the > migration into the new design. > > thx! Rainer > -- James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:06 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] imfile and non-existing directories > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:12 AM, David Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2013, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > > > Hi all, > >> > >> I would like to get some feedback. As you may know, I am currently > >> refactoring imfile to support inotify. One side-effect of the > >> previous polling implementation causes me some headache: > >> > >> Currently, imfile simply tries to open the file during each polling > >> interval. As a consequence, it is able to monitor files even if the > >> directory path leading to them is not always available (most > >> importantly it must not be available on startup). > >> > >> Building this behaviour with inotify requires quite some code. So > >> question > >> now: do you think this is essential functionality? Is somebody > >> actually using it? > >> > >> Side-Note: I call it "side-effect", as this behaviour was never > >> spec'ed, intended, or designed -- it just happens this way due to how > >> polling currently works. > >> > > > > Is this just if the directory is not reachable, or if the file isn't > there? > > > > > just the directory. The file not being there is actually very typical - > for example, it hapens each time a file is rotated away. > > The new imfile inotify mode thus will monitor the directory, and re-enable > a file when it is (re)created. But with missing directories, I need to do > this recursively over potentially many layers. > > I am still a bit concerned that this feature might have some use cases, > even though it was never desired - think about things where everything is > setup but the actual structure is created later at runtime of the various > application (containers)... > > As a compromise, I think I will at least in the early versions have the > ability to select the old-style polling mode even though inotify is > available. > > Rainer > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
