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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index 0997e382..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 $WorkDirectory is not set or set to a non-writable +location, the state file will not be generated.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Facility facility</span><br> The syslog facility to be assigned to lines read. Can be specified in @@ -141,17 +143,17 @@ your distro puts rsyslog's config files). Note that only commands actually needed need to be specified. The second file uses less commands and uses defaults instead.<br> </p> -<textarea rows="15" cols="60">module(load="folder/to/rsyslog/plugins/imfile/.libs/imfile" PollingInterval="10") #needs to be done just once +<textarea rows="15" cols="60">module(load="imfile" PollingInterval="10") #needs to be done just once # File 1 input(type="imfile" File="/path/to/file1" -Tag="tag1" -StateFile="/var/spool/rsyslog/statefile1" -Severity="error" -Facility="local7") + Tag="tag1" + StateFile="/var/spool/rsyslog/statefile1" + Severity="error" + Facility="local7") # File 2 input(type="imfile" File="/path/to/file2" -Tag="tag2" -StateFile="/var/spool/rsyslog/statefile2") + Tag="tag2" + StateFile="/var/spool/rsyslog/statefile2") # ... and so on ... # </textarea> @@ -210,8 +212,7 @@ your distro puts rsyslog's config files). Note that only commands actually needed need to be specified. The second file uses less commands and uses defaults instead.<br> </p> -<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imfile # -needs to be done just once +<textarea rows="15" cols="60">$ModLoad imfile # needs to be done just once # File 1 $InputFileName /path/to/file1 $InputFileTag tag1: |