im_file configuration

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#1 guyl

i defined an input for im_file that is being sent as syslog

i have multiple files in a folder what i want to do is read each file and on EOF copy to another folder.

didn`t find the option to identify EOF

#2 adm Nxlog ✓
#1 guyl
i defined an input for im_file that is being sent as syslog i have multiple files in a folder what i want to do is read each file and on EOF copy to another folder. didn`t find the option to identify EOF

This is not possible but there are plans to implement support for that.

im_file was designed with the assumption to read files that are constantly appended to. In this case reaching EOF does not mean there won't be any more data appended.