timeoutGranularity

Interval in seconds for checking multi-line read timeouts.

This parameter applies to imfile: Text File Input Module.

Name:

timeoutGranularity

Scope:

module

Type:

integer

Default:

module=1

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.23.0

Description

Sets the interval in which multi-line-read timeouts are checked. The interval is specified in seconds. This establishes a lower limit on the length of the timeout. For example, if timeoutGranularity is 60 seconds and a readTimeout value of 10 seconds is used, the timeout is nevertheless only checked every 60 seconds (if there is no other activity in imfile). This means that the readTimeout is also only checked every 60 seconds, so a timeout can occur only after 60 seconds.

Note that timeoutGranularity has some performance implication. The more frequently timeout processing is triggered, the more processing time is needed. This effect should be negligible, except if a very large number of files is being monitored.

Module usage

module(load="imfile" timeoutGranularity="1")

See also

See also imfile: Text File Input Module.

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