files

Read from multiple files, in order of creation

Example

action:

files:
  data-dir: /var
  path: /var/log/dpkg.*

Field Name	Description	Type	Default
path	a path with wildcards identifying files to be read	path	-
data_dir	the directory where checkpoints are written	path	-
include	any other paths to be included	array of path	-
exclude	paths to be excluded	array of path	-
ignore-older-than	ignore files older than this (epoch time in seconds)	int	-
glob-minimum-cooldown	pause after scanning for new files	int	300ms
remove-after	remove file after reading	bool	false
file-path-field	fill this field with the field we are currently reading from	field	-
start-at-beginning	ignore stored checkpoints and re-read all specified files	bool	false
raw		bool	false
max-line-size	will not attempt to read lines longer than this	int	1024b
max-read-size	will not attempt to read files larger than this	int	100Mb

a path with wildcards identifying files to be read

Type: path

the directory where checkpoints are written

Type: path

any other paths to be included

Type: array of path

paths to be excluded

Type: array of path

ignore files older than this (epoch time in seconds)

Type: int

pause after scanning for new files

Type: int

remove file after reading

Type: bool

fill this field with the field we are currently reading from

Type: field

ignore stored checkpoints and re-read all specified files

Type: bool

???

Type: bool

will not attempt to read lines longer than this

Type: int

will not attempt to read files larger than this

Type: int