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diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index 89be3292..eb1a72a9 100644 --- a/doc/imfile.html +++ b/doc/imfile.html @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ text file is a file consisting of printable characters with lines being delimited by LF.</p> <p>The file is read line-by-line and any line read is passed to rsyslog's rule engine. The rule engine applies filter conditons and -selects which actions needs to be carried out.</p> +selects which actions needs to be carried out. Empty lines are <b>not</b> +processed, as they would result in empty syslog records. They are simply +ignored.</p> <p>As new lines are written they are taken from the file and processed. Please note that this happens based on a polling interval and not immediately. The file monitor support file rotation. To fully |