[Bro-Dev] [JIRA] (BIT-985) 'tail -f' functionality for file reading in input framework
Robin Sommer (JIRA)
jira at bro-tracker.atlassian.net
Fri Apr 17 14:15:01 PDT 2015
[ https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-985?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Robin Sommer updated BIT-985:
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Resolution: Merged (was: Fixed)
Status: Closed (was: Merge Request)
> 'tail -f' functionality for file reading in input framework
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> Key: BIT-985
> URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-985
> Project: Bro Issue Tracker
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Bro
> Affects Versions: git/master
> Reporter: scampbell
> Assignee: Robin Sommer
> Priority: Low
> Fix For: 2.4
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> Attachments: input.diff, PATCH
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> With the current input framework, file data \-> event translation requires that the entire data file be read at bro start time. This can be prohibitive when the file sizes become large ( > 1GB ).
> It would be great to see a file open option that would start reading at the end of the file.
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