On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Radu Gheorghe <[email protected]>wrote:

> That would be A for Awesome :)
>
>
maybe another three (full) days of work... not more, but... ;)

Rainer

>
> 2013/12/16 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
>
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Radu Gheorghe <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > 2013/12/16 Rainer Gerhards <[email protected]>
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Radu Gheorghe <
> > [email protected]
> > > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > One comment regarding the equivalent of the Spooling Directory
> > > > > Source<
> > > > >
> > http://flume.apache.org/FlumeUserGuide.html#spooling-directory-source
> > > >in
> > > > > Flume:
> > > > >
> > > > > rsyslog has a state file where it monitors where it left off. So
> (in
> > > > > theory, at least), if the output blocks and the queues fill up, the
> > app
> > > > can
> > > > > continue to write to that file and rsyslog will be able to continue
> > > where
> > > > > it left off.
> > > > >
> > > > > Though I'm not sure what happens if the file also rotates during
> the
> > > > > process - if it can keep track. I think it should keep track, just
> > like
> > > > it
> > > > > can do that during "normal" operation.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > one rotation is fine, so file n and n+1 are ok, but if we process
> file
> > n,
> > > > n+1 is created and than n+2 (WIHTOUT n being finished yet), n+1 is
> > lost.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I think it would be pretty paranoid to support that use-case unless
> it's
> > > trivial to add. I'd say the current behavior is OK for pretty much
> > > everyone.
> > >
> >
> > yup, much more valuable is wildcards. When I finally find time, you'll be
> > able to monitor e.g. appA*.log files.
> >
> > Rainer
> >
> > >
> > >
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