Default logtarget to file for backwards compatibility (#6555)

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Daniel Nelson
2019-10-22 13:32:03 -07:00
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@@ -144,11 +144,14 @@ The agent table configures Telegraf and the defaults used across all plugins.
Log only error level messages.
- **logtarget**:
Log target - `file`, `stderr` or `eventlog` (Windows only).
The empty string means to log to stderr.
Log target controls the destination for logs and can be one of "file",
"stderr" or, on Windows, "eventlog". When set to "file", the output file is
determined by the "logfile" setting.
- **logfile**:
Log file name.
Name of the file to be logged to when using the "file" logtarget. If set to
the empty string then logs are written to stderr.
- **logfile_rotation_interval**:
The logfile will be rotated after the time interval specified. When set to