Skip to content

Commit 718f57f

Browse files
pipe source: create-dir() workaround (#118)
Added note about possible failure and workaround for pipe sources.
2 parents b0a1cb0 + f2fdfbe commit 718f57f

File tree

2 files changed

+6
-0
lines changed

2 files changed

+6
-0
lines changed

_includes/doc/admin-guide/options/create-dirs.md

Lines changed: 3 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
55

66
*Description:* Enable creating non-existing directories when creating
77
files or socket files.
8+
9+
**NOTE:** If syslog-ng cannot create the pipe, it aborts and produces an error. This could be caused by the lack of a write permission, or missing directory. The latter of the two can be fixed by using the `create-dirs(yes)` option.
10+
{: .notice--info}

doc/_admin-guide/060_Sources/110_Pipe/README.md

Lines changed: 3 additions & 0 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The pipe driver has a single required parameter, specifying the filename
1212
of the pipe to open. For the list of available optional parameters, see
1313
pipe() source options.
1414

15+
**NOTE:** If syslog-ng cannot create the pipe, it aborts and produces an error. This could be caused by the lack of a write permission, or missing directory. The latter of the two can be fixed by using the `create-dirs(yes)` option.
16+
{: .notice--info}
17+
1518
**Declaration**
1619

1720
```config

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)