[rsyslog] Rsyslog spool files not going away

Rainer Gerhards rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com
Tue Nov 8 08:42:58 CET 2011


The current file for each disk assisted queue will remain, once the DA thread
has been initiated. Multiple files *for the same queue* should not remain.

Hth rainer

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of David Bristow
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 7:11 PM
> To: rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
> Subject: [rsyslog] Rsyslog spool files not going away
> 
> When we have a connectivity problem and clients start to spool to the:
> 
> $WorkDirectory /var/spool/rsyslog
> 
> the total amount of files in that directory can grow pretty big.  When
> connectivity resumes, however, it does not seem like those spool files
> go away.
> 
> Is this expected?
> 
> --
> David Bristow <djbristow at optonline.net>
> 
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