Werk #927: windows agent: now able to evaluate logfiles written in unicode (2 bytes per character)

Component Checks & agents
Title windows agent: now able to evaluate logfiles written in unicode (2 bytes per character)
Date May 28, 2014
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.2.5i3
Level Prominent Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

The windows agent was unable to process logfiles which were written as unicode. Those files had binary zeros every other byte, rendering the normal "readline" logfile processing useless.
The agent can now read unicode files correctly, convert each line to a multibyte representation (most of the time it is only a single byte) and apply the configured logfile patterns accordingly.

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