flushInterval

Defines, in seconds, the interval after which unwritten data is flushed.

This parameter applies to omfile: File Output Module.

Name:: flushInterval
Scope:: action
Type:: integer
Default:: action=1
Required?:: no
Introduced:: at least 5.x, possibly earlier

Description

Defines, in seconds, the interval after which unwritten data is flushed.

This parameter is applied when asyncWriting is enabled for the action. Use flushInterval together with asyncWriting="on" when flushOnTXEnd is disabled, for example to keep gzip compression effective while still bounding how long buffered data may remain unflushed.

Action usage

action(type="omfile" file="/var/log/app.log"
       asyncWriting="on" flushOnTXEnd="off" flushInterval=1)

YAML usage

actions:
  - type: omfile
    file: /var/log/app.log
    asyncWriting: "on"
    flushOnTXEnd: "off"
    flushInterval: 1

Legacy names (for reference)

Historic names/directives for compatibility. Do not use in new configs.

$OMFileFlushInterval — maps to flushInterval (status: legacy)

See also

See also omfile: File Output Module.

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