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How to input more than one sourcetype data from a directory ?

lzhang_soliton
Path Finder

Hi,

I have been storing two types of log in the same directory. One is ANSI, another is Unicode. I use different definition of file name to distinguish like xxA.csv and xxW.csv.

I would like to let the directory as a input and index both of the types. I could use whitelist attributes in inputs.conf to separate them into two sourcetypes. But I cannot figure out how to the merge the following stanzas into one.

[monitor://C:\myLog]
disabled = false
followTail = 0
index = main
whitelist = W\.csv
sourcetype = myutf16

[monitor://C:\myLog]
disabled = false
followTail = 0
index = main
whitelist = A\.csv
sourcetype = myansi

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thank you!

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You cannot merge those two stanzas into one because their setting for sourcetype is different. If you merged them you could only keep one sourcetype.

Consider adding the distinguishing part to the path in the stanza header.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You cannot merge those two stanzas into one because their setting for sourcetype is different. If you merged them you could only keep one sourcetype.

Consider adding the distinguishing part to the path in the stanza header.

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lzhang_soliton
Path Finder

martin_mueller,

Thanks for your post!

I added asterisk(*) to one of paths in the stanza header. It works well.

[monitor://C:\myLog]
whitelist = W.csv
sourcetype = myutf16

[monitor://C:\myLog/*]
whitelist = A.csv
sourcetype = myansi

I really appreciate your comments!

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