MaxLinesAtOnce¶

Legacy polling-mode limit on how many lines are read before switching files.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:: MaxLinesAtOnce
Scope:: input
Type:: integer
Default:: 0
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 5.x, possibly earlier

Description¶

This legacy setting is only supported in polling mode. In inotify mode it is fixed at 0 and attempts to set a different value are ignored but generate an error message. Future versions may remove this parameter.

In polling mode, a value of 0 processes each file completely before switching to the next. Any other value limits processing to the specified number of lines before moving to the next file, providing a form of load multiplexing. For polling mode, the default is 10240.

Input usage¶

input(type="imfile" MaxLinesAtOnce="0")

Legacy names (for reference)¶

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs.

$InputFileMaxLinesAtOnce — maps to MaxLinesAtOnce (status: legacy)

See also¶

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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