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Hi all,

I am currently implementing a text file input plugin. In essence, it enables to convert any standard text file into syslog message. With standard text file I mean a file consisting of printable characters with lines delimited by LF (what a surprise... ).

Now, there is a first and quick look. Not stable, but workable:

http://download.rsyslog.com/rsyslog/rsy ... pre.tar.gz
md5sum 9922985281dd5313d2c9a252dd77a823

Works with a config like this (my lab sample):

$InputFileName /home/rger/proj/rsyslog/tmpin
$InputFileTag tmpin:
$InputFileStateFile tmpin
$InputRunFileMonitor

Remember: its (b)leading edge, so it may cause you troubles The -pre
tarball will definitely see updates soon. I am working actively on it.

It would be great if some folks could try it out and post comments and suggestions here in this thread.

Thanks,
Rainer

• Custom written rsyslog.conf?
• Maintenance Contract?
• Installation support?

some doc now available:

http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-imfile.html

I just got a bug report and have seen that I overlooked something. Here is my reply with a temporary fix (hopefully):

Ah... Damn... I overlooked a case - bleading edge, obviously. I can at the moment not access my build system. You could do me a big favor if you could comment out lines 130 and 161 in imfile. if the line offsets have changed, I am using this version here:

http://rsyslog.cvs.sourceforge.net/rsys ... iew=markup

It's the dbgoprint()'s.

That should do the trick for now... It would be great if you could tell me if it then works for you.

I just posted a new, enhanced preview:

http://download.rsyslog.com/rsyslog/rsy ... pre.tar.gz
md5sum: d7b7d20d6a67fc03872edd42684f0468

Rainer

New pre tarball with feature-complete (for now) version:

http://download.rsyslog.com/rsyslog/rsy ... pre.tar.gz
md5sum: 8f01ad25cd1fffb605a179fa7c1d9a5b

Rainer