From be8b87000cb1e47eec641b2b6f403204f1d3c1ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Nelson <daniel.nelson@influxdb.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:58:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove test for empty metrics list from file output

---
 plugins/outputs/file/file.go | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
index 5f2bf042f..0bbff2f64 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/file/file.go
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@ func (f *File) Description() string {
 }
 
 func (f *File) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
-	if len(metrics) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	var writeErr error = nil
 	for _, metric := range metrics {
 		b, err := f.serializer.Serialize(metric)