Force all files under rotation to start at 0 or at the sincedb record.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 4.1.7
+  - Fixed problem in rotation handling where the target file being rotated was
+  subjected to the start_position setting when it must always start from the beginning.
+  [Issue #214](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/214)
+
 ## 4.1.6
   - Fixed Errno::ENOENT exception in Discoverer. [Issue #204](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-file/issues/204)
 
@@ -15,7 +20,7 @@
     was possible to read into memory allocated but not filled with data resulting
     in ASCII NUL (0) bytes in the message field. Now, files are read up to the
     size as given by the remote filesystem client. Applies to tail and read modes.
-    
+
 ## 4.1.3
   - Fixed `read` mode of regular files sincedb write is requested in each read loop
     iteration rather than waiting for the end-of-file to be reached. Note: for gz files,

build.gradle

@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ jar.finalizedBy(copyGemjar)
 // See http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/gradle_wrapper.html
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     description = 'Install Gradle wrapper'
-    gradleVersion = '4.5.1'
+    gradleVersion = '4.9'
 }

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.9-bin.zip

lib/filewatch/read_mode/processor.rb

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ def process_watched(watched_files)
       end
     end
 
+    ## TODO add process_rotation_in_progress
+
     def process_active(watched_files)
       logger.trace("Active processing")
       # Handles watched_files in the active state.

lib/filewatch/tail_mode/processor.rb

@@ -168,14 +168,16 @@ def process_rotation_in_progress(watched_files)
         potential_sdb_value =  @sincedb_collection.get(potential_key)
         logger.trace(">>> Rotation In Progress", "watched_file" => watched_file.details, "found_sdb_value" => sdb_value, "potential_key" => potential_key, "potential_sdb_value" => potential_sdb_value)
         if potential_sdb_value.nil?
+          logger.trace("---------- >>>> Rotation In Progress: rotating as existing file")
+          watched_file.rotate_as_file
+          trace_message = "---------- >>>> Rotation In Progress: no potential sincedb value "
           if sdb_value.nil?
-            logger.trace("---------- >>> Rotation In Progress: rotating as initial file, no potential sincedb value AND no found sincedb value")
-            watched_file.rotate_as_initial_file
+            trace_message.concat("AND no found sincedb value")
           else
-            logger.trace("---------- >>>> Rotation In Progress: rotating as existing file, no potential sincedb value BUT found sincedb value")
-            watched_file.rotate_as_file
+            trace_message.concat("BUT found sincedb value")
             sdb_value.clear_watched_file
           end
+          logger.trace(trace_message)
           new_sdb_value = SincedbValue.new(0)
           new_sdb_value.set_watched_file(watched_file)
           @sincedb_collection.set(potential_key, new_sdb_value)

lib/filewatch/watched_file.rb

@@ -76,12 +76,6 @@ def set_stat(stat)
       @sdb_key_v1 = @stat.inode_struct
     end
 
-    def rotate_as_initial_file
-      # rotation, when no sincedb record exists for new inode - we have never seen this inode before.
-      rotate_as_file
-      @initial = true
-    end
-
     def rotate_as_file(bytes_read = 0)
       # rotation, when a sincedb record exists for new inode, but no watched file to rotate from
       # probably caused by a deletion detected in the middle of the rename cascade

logstash-input-file.gemspec

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-file'
-  s.version         = '4.1.6'
+  s.version         = '4.1.7'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Streams events from files"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"

spec/filewatch/rotate_spec.rb

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module FileWatch
     let(:max)   { 4095 }
     let(:stat_interval) { 0.01 }
     let(:discover_interval) { 15 }
-    let(:start_new_files_at) { :beginning }
+    let(:start_new_files_at) { :end }
     let(:sincedb_path) { directory.join("tailing.sdb") }
     let(:opts) do
       {
@@ -447,5 +447,49 @@ module FileWatch
         expect(listener3.lines.size).to eq(0)
       end
     end
+
+    context "? rotation: when an active file is renamed inside the glob - issue 214" do
+      let(:watch_dir) { directory.join("*L.log") }
+      let(:file_path) { directory.join("1L.log") }
+      let(:second_file) { directory.join("2L.log") }
+      subject { described_class.new(conf) }
+      let(:listener1) { observer.listener_for(file1_path) }
+      let(:listener2) { observer.listener_for(second_file.to_path) }
+      let(:stat_interval) { 0.25 }
+      let(:discover_interval) { 1 }
+      let(:line4) { "Line 4 - Some other non lorem ipsum content" }
+      let(:actions) do
+        RSpec::Sequencing
+        .run_after(0.75, "create file") do
+          file_path.open("wb") { |file|  file.puts(line1); file.puts(line2) }
+        end
+        .then_after(0.5, "rename") do
+          file_path.rename(second_file)
+          file_path.open("wb") { |file|  file.puts("#{line3}") }
+        end
+        .then("wait for expectations to be met") do
+          wait(2.0).for{listener1.lines.size + listener2.lines.size}.to eq(3)
+        end
+        .then_after(0.5, "rename again") do
+          file_path.rename(second_file)
+          file_path.open("wb") { |file|  file.puts("#{line4}") }
+        end
+        .then("wait for expectations to be met") do
+          wait(2.0).for{listener1.lines.size + listener2.lines.size}.to eq(4)
+        end
+        .then("quit") do
+          tailing.quit
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "content is read correctly, the renamed file is not reread from scratch" do
+        actions.activate_quietly
+        tailing.watch_this(watch_dir.to_path)
+        tailing.subscribe(observer)
+        actions.assert_no_errors
+        expect(listener1.lines).to eq([line1, line2, line3, line4])
+        expect(listener2.lines).to eq([])
+      end
+    end
   end
 end