Support for dynamic file path

[angel-smile]

Is there a way to specify dynamic file path/name in log-courier configuration file? The targeted log file rotates everyday with its name set as the date. It seems in logstash I can specify the file name in the configuration file as "/full_path/%{YEAR}%{MONTHNUM}%{MONTHDAY}". Is there a way to do this in log-courier?

Thanks in advance!

[driskell]

Good idea. Have you seen #37 ?

My only concern is timing though and if there could be missed logs because courier didn't see a dead file update at 23:59 on 2015-08-20 because it's next scan was 00:00 on 2015-08-21 and it scanned a different folder.

It all comes into timing with dead time I guess. Ensuring files kept open long enough to notice changes right until past the rotation.

#37 seems the root cause and this is a good partial solution. Be good to hear your thoughts on the dead time action mentioned there though.

[angel-smile]

Hi Jason,

Many thanks for the response. I agree with you that the dead time action should be a solution for our issue. We are running an old version of log-courier. I'll upgrade it to the latest version and try dead time. It would still be good to be able to specify file path with regex like "%{YEAR}%{MONTHNUM}%{MONTHDAY}" though.

[angel-smile]

Hi Jason,

"dead time" has fixed our problem. Do you want me to close the case or leave it open till regex feature for file path is implemented?

Thanks a lot for the help.