Hi,
I noticed the user and code documentation of the default sincedb path is not up-to-date.
Since the commit of July 26, 2016 the behaviour of the default sincedb path has been changed:
According to the source code, the default path is<path.data>/plugins/inputs/file
The code that should set the default path to $SINCEDB_DIR or $HOME will never be reached, also in the current situation.
# encoding: utf-8
require "logstash/namespace"
require "logstash/inputs/base"
require "logstash/codecs/identity_map_codec"
require "pathname"
require "socket" # for Socket.gethostname
require "fileutils"
require_relative "file/patch"
# Stream events from files, normally by tailing them in a manner
# similar to `tail -0F` but optionally reading them from the
# beginning.
#
# By default, each event is assumed to be one line and a line is
# taken to be the text before a newline character.
# Normally, logging will add a newline to the end of each line written.
# If you would like to join multiple log lines into one event,
# you'll want to use the multiline codec or filter.
show original
Could the user and code documentation be updated to explain this behaviour?
Regards.
