I understand there is an interface on a forwarder to find out the status of files that are being forwarded. Can that be posted on the methods that may be done?
There is, please see:
http://answers.splunk.com/questions/1162/is-there-some-way-to-see-the-current-tailing-status-of-my-f...
which tells you to go to:
https://yourforwarder:8089/services/admin/inputstatus/TailingProcessor:FileStatus
