[jira] [Created] (NIFI-3219) Tail File processor requires windows path to be escaped

["Arpit Gupta (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Arpit Gupta created NIFI-3219:
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             Summary: Tail File processor requires windows path to be escaped
                 Key: NIFI-3219
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-3219
             Project: Apache NiFi
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 1.1.0
            Reporter: Arpit Gupta


When using the Tail File processor on windows and setting the file to tail to

{code}
C:\nifi\some-file.log
{code}

Processor complained that the path that was set is not a valid regex even though mode was set to Single file.

When i escaped the path to set a value like


{code}
C:\\nifi\\some-file.log
{code}

It worked. 

My flow was tail file -> put file. Put File processor was able to successfully write the content to the directory passed even though the path was not escaped. So i think we can improve Tail File processor to not require path's to be escaped or update the documentation on how should one use this processor on windows. 



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