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monitoring a specific file through subdirectories

a212830
Champion

Hi,

How would I tell splunk to monitor a specific file through a set of subdirectories? Would I set a wildcard in the monitor statement? Should I use a whitelist?

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starcher
Influencer

I would aim the monitor at the higher level common directory and whitelist.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.2/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata

Example:
[monitor:///data1/logs/]
whitelist = logfileyouwant.log

That should just grab that file name regardless where it shows up in all the different subdirectories under /data1/logs/

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starcher
Influencer

I would aim the monitor at the higher level common directory and whitelist.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.2/Data/Whitelistorblacklistspecificincomingdata

Example:
[monitor:///data1/logs/]
whitelist = logfileyouwant.log

That should just grab that file name regardless where it shows up in all the different subdirectories under /data1/logs/

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