that file matches your regexp (although i'm not sure why isn't it just [1-4]* ? )
wouldn't limiting it to the end of line ($) make it work as you expect ?
edit : oh, alexei mentioned that the files have extra leading dot, which would indeed make them not match the regexp
also those lines can be generated by zabbix agent only, not by zabbix server ans issue reported mentioned 
right I agree, I miss the fact that regexp is applied on on filename only, not on full path.
Thanks for your help.
https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/config/items/itemtypes/log_items#important_notes
Regexp is applied on filename only.
I'm closing the issue.
hmm... reopening.
filename is ".rsyslog2zabbix.log.swp"
regexp/file is :
/var/log/zabbix/rsyslog2zabbix.log(|[1-4])
how does it match despite there being a leading dot ? even if that is valid operation, what expression should be used to omit filenames, starting with a dot ?
we configured
/var/log/zabbix/^rsyslog2zabbix.log(|[1-4])
sorry I missed the trailing $
/var/log/zabbix/^rsyslog2zabbix.log(|[1-4])$
great, thanks. let's add a similar example to the manual
martins-v We already had a similar example in the manual, although it wasn't explained why it would be useful. It also wasn't clear enough that regexp refers to the file name only, not the whole path. Those two improvements made to:
- https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent
- https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.0/manual/config/items/itemtypes/log_items
- https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent
- https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/config/items/itemtypes/log_items