discardTruncatedMsg¶

Discards the truncated part of an overlong message instead of processing it.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:: discardTruncatedMsg
Scope:: input
Type:: boolean
Default:: off
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 8.x, possibly earlier

Description¶

When messages are too long they are truncated and the remaining part is processed as a new message. If discardTruncatedMsg is on, the truncated part is discarded instead.

Input usage¶

input(type="imfile" discardTruncatedMsg="on")

Notes¶

Legacy documentation used the term binary for the type. It is treated as boolean.

See also¶

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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