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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