https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/syslog-using-Splunk/m-p/15120#M1646 <P>If you're asking if Splunk can index the log files and hold the data for you, acting as an 'archive', yes it can do that. Instructions on how to do this can be found <A href="http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/WhatSplunkcanmonitor" rel="nofollow">here</A></P> <P>If you're asking if Splunk can take the files and move them to an archive location for you, not it can't. Splunk will only read your files in their current location, it won't edit the contents or move them for you. It can be configured to delete the files once it has indexed them, but that's a specific configuration setting you have to add yourself.</P> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:01:18 GMT Mick 2010-06-09T08:01:18Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/syslog-using-Splunk/m-p/15119#M1645 <P>Hi, can anyone tell me if I could do this using Splunk: Log from particular host to a particular directory, Archive loggs (log rotation using Splunk)</P> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:09:13 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/syslog-using-Splunk/m-p/15119#M1645 uber_cookie 2010-06-09T02:09:13Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/syslog-using-Splunk/m-p/15120#M1646 <P>If you're asking if Splunk can index the log files and hold the data for you, acting as an 'archive', yes it can do that. Instructions on how to do this can be found <A href="http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Admin/WhatSplunkcanmonitor" rel="nofollow">here</A></P> <P>If you're asking if Splunk can take the files and move them to an archive location for you, not it can't. Splunk will only read your files in their current location, it won't edit the contents or move them for you. It can be configured to delete the files once it has indexed them, but that's a specific configuration setting you have to add yourself.</P> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:01:18 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/syslog-using-Splunk/m-p/15120#M1646 Mick 2010-06-09T08:01:18Z