From 445bee3cacf6ba95f5d7ff787de48b9931764aef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Turnbull Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 20:13:21 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Made load order of configuration files more clear. --- docs/flags.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/flags.md b/docs/flags.md index fc9113426..29657e521 100644 --- a/docs/flags.md +++ b/docs/flags.md @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ The logstash agent has the following flags (also try using the '--help' flag)
-f, --config CONFIGFILE
-
Load the logstash config from a specific file, directory, or a wildcard. If given a directory or wildcard, config files will be read in order lexigraphically.
+
Load the logstash config from a specific file, directory, or a +wildcard. If given a directory or wildcard, config files will be read +from the directory in alphabetical order.
-e CONFIGSTRING
Use the given string as the configuration data. Same syntax as the config file. If not input is specified, 'stdin { type => stdin }' is