topic How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200055#M39555 <P>I have two different file names in the same directory on a forwarder. The problem is, the data for both files are the same, so how do I allow all the events to be indexed on my receiver side?</P> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:20:33 GMT englishjohn 2016-10-31T09:20:33Z How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200055#M39555 <P>I have two different file names in the same directory on a forwarder. The problem is, the data for both files are the same, so how do I allow all the events to be indexed on my receiver side?</P> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 09:20:33 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200055#M39555 englishjohn 2016-10-31T09:20:33Z Re: How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200056#M39556 <P>Monitor individual files instead of the whole directory.</P> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:24:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200056#M39556 richgalloway 2016-10-31T12:24:28Z Re: How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200057#M39557 <P>How do i monitor individual files ? Is there an example ?</P> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:22:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200057#M39557 englishjohn 2016-11-01T10:22:28Z Re: How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200058#M39558 <P>In your <CODE>[monitor://]</CODE> stanza name, put a path to an individual file instead of to a directory. See <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.0/Admin/Inputsconf">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.0/Admin/Inputsconf</A> for more.</P> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:15:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200058#M39558 richgalloway 2016-11-01T14:15:39Z Re: How to monitor two files with different names in the same directory, and index all duplicate events on my receiver? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200059#M39559 <P>Hi @englishjohn</P> <P>If the answer by @richgalloway solved your issue, please don't forget to resolve the post by clicking "Accept" directly below his answer. If you're still having issues, please comment with more details. </P> <P>Thanks!</P> Sun, 13 Nov 2016 03:04:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-monitor-two-files-with-different-names-in-the-same/m-p/200059#M39559 ppablo 2016-11-13T03:04:52Z