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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-03-20 18:05:34 +0100 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-03-20 18:05:34 +0100 |
| commit | 3e0c277d3606b3dd871ac3b3d5bf6fe872778eb2 (patch) | |
| tree | 48c90d491ee4c7dc60fc5833ce908dab3715dc3d | |
| parent | 3b55048094d759adf8162f0829f239e115ebf2c0 (diff) | |
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doc: describe imfile dependency on work directory
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diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index de4893ac..f37f7055 100644 --- a/doc/imfile.html +++ b/doc/imfile.html @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ created in the rsyslog working directory (configurable via $WorkDirectory). Be careful to use unique names for different files being monitored. If there are duplicates, all sorts of "interesting" things may happen. Rsyslog currently does not check if a name is -specified multiple times.</li> +specified multiple times. +Note that when $WorkDirectory is not set or set to a non-writable +location, the state file will not be generated.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Facility facility</span><br> The syslog facility to be assigned to lines read. Can be specified in |