From 6761360186cf8c993c9fdf8fad710bcaae686b6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Jaglowski Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 11:05:21 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] [chore][receiver/filelog] Clarify 'exclude' parameter documentation (#31261) Resolves #31229 --- receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md b/receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md index 2934a816d1199..5861b3ccaa2d9 100644 --- a/receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md +++ b/receiver/filelogreceiver/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Tails and parses logs from files. | Field | Default | Description | |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `include` | required | A list of file glob patterns that match the file paths to be read. | -| `exclude` | [] | A list of file glob patterns to exclude from reading. | +| `exclude` | [] | A list of file glob patterns to exclude from reading. This is applied against the paths matched by `include`. | | `start_at` | `end` | At startup, where to start reading logs from the file. Options are `beginning` or `end`. | | `multiline` | | A `multiline` configuration block. See [below](#multiline-configuration) for more details. | | `force_flush_period` | `500ms` | [Time](#time-parameters) since last read of data from file, after which currently buffered log should be send to pipeline. A value of `0` will disable forced flushing. |