From 12204ba4c8187d96c99068a1c7ec745e17827260 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric D. Schabell" Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 20:35:50 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] administration: yaml: includes: document working directory fallback and Windows paths - Document the working directory fallback when an include isn't found relative to the including file - Document Windows path separator and absolute path handling - spell out UNC on first use Signed-off-by: Eric D. Schabell --- administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/includes-section.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/includes-section.md b/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/includes-section.md index f9be7e5b3..685ae94fb 100644 --- a/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/includes-section.md +++ b/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/yaml/includes-section.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The `includes` section of YAML configuration files lets you specify additional YAML files to be merged into the current configuration. This lets you organize complex configurations into smaller, manageable files and include them as needed. -These files are identified as a list of filenames and can include relative or absolute paths. If a path isn't specified as absolute, it will be treated as relative to the file that includes it. +These files are identified as a list of filenames and can include relative or absolute paths. If a path isn't specified as absolute, it will be treated as relative to the file that includes it. In v5.1.3 or later, if the file isn't found relative to the including file, Fluent Bit tries the path relative to the working directory. On Windows, both `\` and `/` work as path separators, and drive-letter and Universal Naming Convention (UNC) paths are treated as absolute. ## Usage