IBM Enterprise Console Adapter Files, Configuration File, tecadlogfile.cfg, init.tecadlogfile

Adapter Files

The UNIX log file adapter package consists of the following files:

tecad_logfile.cfg

The installation script.

init.tecad_logfile

The adapter startup and shutdown script. Never stop the adapter using signals. Use this script to ensure that the syslogd daemon remains running and functional.

tecad_logfile The executable file of the adapter that receives the log information and transforms it into events.

logfile_gencds

The executable file that converts a format file to a CDS file.

tecad_logfile.baroc

The BAROC file.

tecad_logfile.cds

The CDS file. This file is created by running logfile_gencds on the format file.

tecad_logfile.conf

The configuration file.

tecad_logfile.err

The error file.

tecad_logfile.fmt

The format file.

log_default.rls

The default rule file.

Before you start the event server and UNIX log file adapter, check each adapter file to determine if it defines the behavior you want from the adapter.

Configuration File

The configuration file defines the behavior of the adapter. The configuration file can have the common keywords described in “Configuration File” on page 9, as well as the following custom keywords:

LogSources

Specifies the log files to poll. The complete path to each file must be specified, and file names must be separated by commas; no spaces or other separators can be used. A log source need not exist when the adapter is started; it will be polled when it is created.

If a file truncates while the adapter is active, the adapter automatically resets its internal pointer to the beginning of the file. If during the polling interval the file is overwritten, removed, or recreated with more lines than the previous poll, only the number of lines greater than the previous line count is read. For example, the file has one line. After the poll interval elapses, the file is overwritten with two lines. Only the second line is read on the next polling.

Note: The maximum number of lines that can be concatenated to a log file is 16 384.

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