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# textfile collector
The textfile collector exposes metrics from files written by other processes.
Metric name prefix | `textfile`
Classes | None
Enabled by default? | Yes
## Flags
### `--collector.textfile.directory`
The directory containing the files to be ingested.
Default value: `C:\Program Files\wmi_exporter\textfile_inputs`
Required: No
## Metrics
Metrics will primarily come from the files on disk. The below listed metrics
are collected to give information about the reading of the metrics themselves.
Name | Description | Type | Labels
-----|-------------|------|-------
`wmi_textfile_scrape_error` | 1 if there was an error opening or reading a file, 0 otherwise | gauge | None
`wmi_textfile_mtime_seconds` | Unix epoch-formatted mtime (modified time) of textfiles successfully read | gauge | file
### Example metric
_This collector does not yet have explained examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!_
## Useful queries
_This collector does not yet have any useful queries added, we would appreciate your help adding them!_
## Alerting examples
_This collector does not yet have alerting examples, we would appreciate your help adding them!_