From ffd08f2a6caaaddb86ccbec4206bf560d34fcfd7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:31:12 +0200 Subject: imfile improvements - added the $InputFilePersistStateInterval config directive to imfile - changed imfile so that the state file is never deleted (makes imfile more robust in regard to fatal failures) --- doc/imfile.html | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/imfile.html') diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index af0413dd..3687302b 100644 --- a/doc/imfile.html +++ b/doc/imfile.html @@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ level may be needed. Even if you need quick response, 1 seconds should be well enough. Please note that imfile keeps reading files as long as there is any data in them. So a "polling sleep" will only happen when nothing is left to be processed. +
  • $InputFilePollInterval [lines]
    +Available in 4.7.3+
    +Specifies how often the state file shall be written when processing the input +file. The default value is 0, which means a new state file is only written when +the monitored files is being closed (end of rsyslogd execution). Any other +value n means that the state file is written every time n file lines have +been processed. This setting can be used to guard against message duplication due +to fatal errors (like power fail). Note that this setting affects imfile +performance, especially when set to a low value. Frequently writing the state +file is very time consuming. Caveats/Known Bugs:

    So far, only 100 files can be monitored. If more are needed, -- cgit From ab6e674b0bae88d3a91a30f4e32fbb857096964f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:32:33 +0200 Subject: doc/imfile: fixed small but important typo --- doc/imfile.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/imfile.html') diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index 3687302b..89be3292 100644 --- a/doc/imfile.html +++ b/doc/imfile.html @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ level may be needed. Even if you need quick response, 1 seconds should be well enough. Please note that imfile keeps reading files as long as there is any data in them. So a "polling sleep" will only happen when nothing is left to be processed.

    • -
  • $InputFilePollInterval [lines]
    +
  • $InputFilePersistStateInterval [lines]
    Available in 4.7.3+
    Specifies how often the state file shall be written when processing the input file. The default value is 0, which means a new state file is only written when -- cgit