I think I also said this on the issue tracker, but: what is the predicate to stop watching the file? No activity for"n" hours?
Rainer El sáb., 23 may. 2020 a las 19:07, John Chivian via rsyslog (<[email protected]>) escribió: > > Not currently, no. There is an open request to read a file, then close > and delete. It was entered for the case of log files that are moved > into a watched directory and never grow. > > Regards, > > > On 5/23/20 11:39 AM, Anthony Benitez Borges via rsyslog wrote: > > I have a program that generates a lot of individual log files and I am > > using rsyslog to process these into a single log file which I then monitor > > with a third-party application. I have gone through the manual regarding > > the imfile module and understand how I can configure it to use the inotify > > API or set it to polling mode. I currently have imfile to use inotify, but > > because (to my understanding) this continuously monitors files, the more > > files are generated, the more file watches are produced which then at some > > point hit the limit listed under /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches. > > > > I know I could increase this limit, I know I could have cron jobs > > continuously remove these generated log files on short intervals (less than > > a week), but what I'm wondering is, *is there a way in the rsyslog > > configuration to read a file once, generate a state file, and never look at > > it again?* > > > > Thanks, > > ABB > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > https://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 > https://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 https://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.
