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Add follow_only_path option, linked to https://github.com/jordansissel/ruby-filewatch/pull/32 #50

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Add follow_only_path option, linked to https://github.com/jordansissel/ruby-filewatch/pull/32 #50

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions lib/logstash/inputs/file.rb
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Expand Up @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::File < LogStash::Inputs::Base
# has no effect.
config :start_position, :validate => [ "beginning", "end"], :default => "end"

# In cases where files are rsynced to the consuming server, inodes will change when
# updated files overwrite original ones, resulting in inode changes. In order to
# avoid having the sincedb.member check from failing in this scenario, we'll
# construct the inode key using the path which will be 'stable'
config :follow_only_path, :validate => :boolean, :default => false

# set the new line delimiter, defaults to "\n"
config :delimiter, :validate => :string, :default => "\n"

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end

@tail_config[:sincedb_path] = @sincedb_path
@tail_config[:follow_only_path] = @follow_only_path

if @start_position == "beginning"
@tail_config[:start_new_files_at] = :beginning
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