You can use the following syntax in your inputs.conf: [monitor::...myfile.log...] Here is information from the manual: Note concerning wildcards and monitor: You can use wildcards to specify your input path for monitored input. Use "..." for recursive directory matching and "*" for wildcard matching in a single directory segment. "..." recurses through directories. This means that /foo/.../bar will match foo/bar, foo/1/bar, foo/1/2/bar, etc. You can use multiple "..." specifications in a single input path. For example: /foo/.../bar/... The asterisk () matches anything in a single path segment; unlike "...", it does not recurse. For example, /foo//bar matches the files /foo/bar, /foo/1/bar, /foo/2/bar, etc. However, it does not match /foo/1/2/bar . A second example: /foo/m*r/bar matches /foo/bar, /foo/mr/bar, /foo/mir/bar, /foo/moor/bar, etc. You can combine "" and "..." as required: foo/.../bar/ matches any file in the bar directory within the specified path. ... View more