Fix #17.

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/FileWatcher.java

@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 	private boolean tail = false;
 	private Event stdinFields;
 	private boolean stdinConfigured = false;
+	private String sincedbFile = null;
 
 	public FileWatcher() {
 		try {
 			logger.debug("Loading saved states");
-			savedStates = Registrar.readStateFromJson();
+			savedStates = Registrar.readStateFromJson(sincedbFile);
 		} catch(Exception e) {
 			logger.warn("Could not load saved states : " + e.getMessage());
 		}
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 		logger.trace("Reading files");
 		logger.trace("==============");
 		int numberOfLinesRead = reader.readFiles(oldWatchMap.values());
-		Registrar.writeStateToJson(oldWatchMap.values());
+		Registrar.writeStateToJson(sincedbFile,oldWatchMap.values());
 		return numberOfLinesRead;
 	}
 
@@ -363,4 +364,8 @@ public class FileWatcher {
 		this.tail = tail;
 	}
 
+	public void setSincedb(String sincedbFile) {
+		this.sincedbFile = sincedbFile;	
+	}
+
 }

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Forwarder.java

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.RootLogger;
 
 public class Forwarder {
+	private static final String SINCEDB = ".logstash-forwarder-java";
 	private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(Forwarder.class);
 	private static int spoolSize = 1024;
 	private static int idleTimeout = 5000;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public class Forwarder {
 	private static String logfile = null;
 	private static String logfileSize = "10MB";
 	private static int logfileNumber = 5;
+	private static String sincedbFile = SINCEDB;
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		try {
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ public class Forwarder {
 			watcher = new FileWatcher();
 			watcher.setMaxSignatureLength(signatureLength);
 			watcher.setTail(tailSelected);
+			watcher.setSincedb(sincedbFile);
 			configManager = new ConfigurationManager(config);
 			configManager.readConfiguration();
 			for(FilesSection files : configManager.getConfig().getFiles()) {
@@ -181,6 +184,10 @@ public class Forwarder {
 				.hasArg()
 				.withDescription("Number of logfiles (default 5)")
 				.create("logfilenumber");
+		Option sincedbOption = OptionBuilder.withArgName("sincedb file")
+				.hasArg()
+				.withDescription("Sincedb file name")
+				.create("sincedb");
 
 		options.addOption(helpOption)
 		.addOption(idleTimeoutOption)
@@ -194,7 +201,8 @@ public class Forwarder {
 		.addOption(configOption)
 		.addOption(logfileOption)
 		.addOption(logfileNumberOption)
-		.addOption(logfileSizeOption);
+		.addOption(logfileSizeOption)
+		.addOption(sincedbOption);
 		
 		CommandLineParser parser = new GnuParser();
 		try {
@@ -235,6 +243,9 @@ public class Forwarder {
 			if(line.hasOption("logfilenumber")) {
 				logfileNumber = Integer.parseInt(line.getOptionValue("logfilenumber"));
 			}
+			if(line.hasOption("sincedb")) {
+				sincedbFile = line.getOptionValue("sincedb");
+			}
 		} catch(ParseException e) {
 			printHelp(options);
 			System.exit(1);;

src/main/java/info/fetter/logstashforwarder/Registrar.java

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 public class Registrar {
-	private static final String SINCEDB = ".logstash-forwarder-java";
+	
 	
 	private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ public class Registrar {
 		return readStateFromJson(new File(file));
 	}
 	
-	public static FileState[] readStateFromJson() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		return readStateFromJson(SINCEDB);
-	}
-	
 	public static void writeStateToJson(File file, Collection<FileState> stateList) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
 		mapper.writeValue(file, stateList);
 	}
@@ -52,7 +48,4 @@ public class Registrar {
 		writeStateToJson(new File(file), stateList);
 	}
 	
-	public static void writeStateToJson(Collection<FileState> stateList) throws JsonGenerationException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
-		writeStateToJson(SINCEDB, stateList);
-	}
 }