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Deletion of a log file being indexed by Splunk

madhavi_fmr
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‎01-17-2012 03:01 AM

I have installed a forwarded on a machine and configure it to read some local log file.A Splunk indexer and a search machine is able to read the data.
In case if the log file is not available in the system, what happens ? If it gets deleted by some user,what will happen ?

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Cris
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‎01-17-2012 04:01 AM

Nothing happens! The forwarder continues to remain pending file.

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