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Watcher

(since EVL 1.2)

This component writes records passing through the <flow> into <file> in text format.

Works only when variable ‘EVL_WATCHER’ is set to ‘1’, otherwise does nothing. One can use it for debugging data in ‘DEV’ or ‘TEST’ environment, but it would be switched off in ‘PROD’.

If not full path to the <file> is specified, it writes into directory defined by ‘EVL_WATCHER_DIR’ environment variable, which is by default ‘watcher’ subfolder of current project.

EVD is EVL data definition file, for details see evl-evd(5).

Synopsis

Watcher
  <flow> <file> (<evd>|-d <inline_evd>) [-x|--text-input]

evl watcher
  ( --help | --usage | --version )

Options

-d, --output-definition=<inline_evd>

either this option or the file <evd_out> must be presented. Example: ‘-d 'user_sum long'

-x, --text-input

suppose the input as text, not binary

Standard options:

--help

print this help and exit

--usage

print short usage information and exit

--version

print version and exit

Examples

  1. In EVL job (‘evs’ file):
    Sort     FLOW_01 FLOW_02 some.evd --key='id'
    Watcher  FLOW_02 sorted.csv some.evd