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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions website/cue/reference/components/sources/file.cue
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Expand Up @@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ components: sources: file: {
[Globbing](\(urls.globbing)) is supported in all provided file paths,
files will be autodiscovered continually at a rate defined by the
`glob_minimum_cooldown` option.

Vector uses the Rust [`glob` crate](\(urls.glob_crate)) for pattern matching.
Basic glob functionality should work as expected, including multiple wildcards in a
single path (e.g., `/opt/nomad/data/alloc/*/alloc/logs/monitor.std*.*`) and
recursive directory matching with `**` (e.g., `/var/lib/kubelet/pods/**/logs/*.log`).
See the [glob crate documentation](\(urls.glob_crate_pattern)) for complete syntax details.
"""
}

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions website/cue/reference/urls.cue
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Expand Up @@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ urls: {
github: "https://github.com"
github_protected_branches: "https://help.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/about-protected-branches"
github_sign_commits: "https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/signing-commits"
glob_crate: "https://crates.io/crates/glob"
glob_crate_pattern: "https://docs.rs/glob/latest/glob/struct.Pattern.html"
globbing: "\(wikipedia)/wiki/Glob_(programming)"
glog: "\(github)/google/glog"
graphql: "https://graphql.org"
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