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Posted to commits@flume.apache.org by ja...@apache.org on 2012/07/12 13:23:24 UTC

svn commit: r1360633 - /flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst

Author: jarcec
Date: Thu Jul 12 11:23:24 2012
New Revision: 1360633

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1360633&view=rev
Log:
FLUME-1364. Document the necessity of the timestamp header when using time-related escapes for hdfs sink paths.

(Juhani Connolly via Jarek Jarcec Cecho)

Modified:
    flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst

Modified: flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst?rev=1360633&r1=1360632&r2=1360633&view=diff
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--- flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst (original)
+++ flume/trunk/flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst Thu Jul 12 11:23:24 2012
@@ -947,6 +947,10 @@ the file is closed, this extension is re
 complete files in the directory.
 Required properties are in **bold**.
 
+.. note:: For all of the time related escape sequences, a header with the key
+          "timestamp" must exist among the headers of the event. One way to add
+          this automatically is to use the TimestampInterceptor.
+
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