In inputs.conf, which stanza would mean Splunk was only reading one local file?
In inputs.conf, which stanza would mean Splunk was only reading one local file?
In Splunk's inputs.conf file, the 'monitor' stanza is used to specify files or directories to be monitored. The correct syntax for monitoring a single file is 'monitor' followed by triple slashes and the absolute path to the file. Option B, '[monitor:///opt/log/crashlogs/Jan27crash.txt]', correctly conforms to this syntax, indicating Splunk is reading only one local file. 'monitor::' without the correct path structure or 'read://' are not valid for monitoring a single file in Splunk.
Answer is B due to documentation
File monitoring https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/9.2.1/Data/Monitorfilesanddirectorieswithinputs.conf