On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:07 PM, Maupertuis Philippe <
[email protected]> wrote:

> From by understanding of the documentation, the statefile name contains
> all the needed information.
> It would be enough if it could be accessed but I don't know if that makes
> sense
>

Bothering with internal state does not really make sense and it wouldn't
even solve the root problem (which state file would you want to access?). I
have added a feature request on github:

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/issues/199

Will try to fit it into the jan 13th release, but no promise.

Rainer

>
> Philippe
> ________________________________________
> De : [email protected] [[email protected]]
> de la part de David Lang [[email protected]]
> Date d'envoi : lundi 22 décembre 2014 19:35
> À : rsyslog-users
> Objet : Re: [rsyslog] imfile include filename or statefile in the message.
>
> That's a good question. One the one hand, a variable that explicity gives
> the
> filename gives the most flexibility, but combining it with the input name
> probably makes for a simpler config and is close enough to "do the right
> think
> automatically" that it would satisfy new users the vast majority of the
> time.
>
> the "best" answer would probably be to allow the input name to have a %%
> in it
> that gets replaced by the filename, and have a separate filename variable.
> But
> that's probably a bit on the messy side to implement.
>
> David Lang
>
>
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
>
> > What's best? ;)
> >
> > Sent from phone, thus brief.
> > Am 22.12.2014 18:09 schrieb "David Lang" <[email protected]>:
> >
> >> append the filename to the input name if it's a wildcard or something
> like
> >> that?
> >>
> >> David Lang
> >>
> >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, Rainer Gerhards wrote:
> >>
> >>  I think there is nothing along those lines,  but definitely makes
> sense.
> >>>
> >>> Sent from phone, thus brief.
> >>> Am 22.12.2014 18:01 schrieb "David Lang" <[email protected]>:
> >>>
> >>>  This is a new feature, so I'm not sure. But if you log with the format
> >>>> RSYSLOG_DebugFormat you will see all the variables that are defined.
> >>>> Take a
> >>>> look and see what's listed.
> >>>>
> >>>> David Lang
> >>>>
> >>>>  On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, Maupertuis Philippe wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>  Hi list,
> >>>>
> >>>>> Using imfile to watch a whole directory, I need to include the
> filename
> >>>>> or the generated state file name in the message.
> >>>>> Is there any available variable to do that ?
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>> Philippe
> >>>>>
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