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Hello Mark,</div>
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there are many (too many?) options to do this. To avoid "solving a problem that doesn't exist", we should start from your specification. Some helping question:</div>
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- What is writing those files in the first place? (If the soul purpose of those files is to store messages temporary,
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Syslog-ng has a built in file buffer solution</span>.)</div>
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- What is the format of the individual messages in those files?</div>
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- What is the life cycle of those files. (It is always hazardous if two application is writing and reading the same file at the same time without any synchronization.)</div>
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To speed things up:</div>
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IF !!! If your file is in syslog format, than a simple "file" source will do the job for you. For further information please read our administration guide: <a href="https://www.syslog-ng.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.21/administration-guide/18#TOPIC-1180429">https://www.syslog-ng.com/technical-documents/doc/syslog-ng-open-source-edition/3.21/administration-guide/18#TOPIC-1180429</a></div>
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Best regards,</div>
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Laci</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu> on behalf of Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] <mark.faine@nasa.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 6, 2020 20:23<br>
<b>To:</b> Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [syslog-ng] Convert logs back into syslog-ng logs</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">I would like to read lines from a file back into<span style="font-size:10.0pt"> log data that syslog-ng can parse.<span style="">
</span>What would be involved in doing this?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">-Mark</span></p>
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