[syslog-ng] file() source driver on regular file

[Risto Vaarandi]

hi all,

is file() driver intended for reading kernel messages only on Linux, or 
does it work for regular files also? I've tried to get the following 
simple configuration working, but without success:

source textfile { file("/home/risto/test.log" flags(no-parse) 
follow-freq(1)); };
destination testlog { file("/var/log/test.log"); };
log { source(textfile); destination(testlog); };

The source definition is identical to the example from the syslog-ng 
administrator guide (I've played with the options, but the result is the 
same).

When syslog-ng starts up, it produces the following error messages:

Follow-mode file source not found, deferring open; 
filename='/home/risto/test.log'
The current log file has a mismatching size/inode information, 
restarting from the beginning; filename='/home/risto/test.log'

If /home/risto/test.log does not exist, only the first message is 
produced. Is reading from regular files only supported by PE? (I am 
using the 3.0.7 open source version of syslog-ng.)

kind regards,
risto