In short: should work For quite some time, mode triggers a unified state engine, which checks files and handles changes. With notify, we just detect changes quicker. This was also implemented that way because, by doc, inotify is not 100% exact.
Let is know if there are any issues, though. Hth Rainer Sent from phone, thus brief. John Chivian via rsyslog <[email protected]> schrieb am Di., 26. Aug. 2025, 22:02: > I have an rsyslog instance on a Linux server that uses imfile to read log > files from a remote CIFS mount. > > I discovered that the remote CIFS mount does not support mode=inotify, so > mode=“polling” and pollinginterval=“60” are used when the imfile module is > loaded. > > I would also like to include deleteStateOnFileMove=“on” but given the lack > of inotify support I’m not sure it will work. > > Can someone confirm whether or not the deleteStateOnFileMove parameter > requires inotify kernel support? Will it work in polling mode? > > Thanks, > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
