msgDiscardingError¶

Controls whether an error is logged when a message is truncated.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

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

Description¶

By default an error message is emitted when a message is truncated. If msgDiscardingError is off, no error is shown upon truncation.

Input usage¶

input(type="imfile" msgDiscardingError="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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