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sinkName(reqArg1, reqArg2[, optArg1="default" [optArg2=0]]{, kwarg1="default", kwarg2=0})

Wiki MarkupreqArg1 and reqArg2 are positional arguments and required in all instances. \ [ \ ] chars enclose optional positional arguments. All optional arguments have a default value and must be enumerated in order. Thus optArg1 and optArg2 are optional positional arguments, and have defaults that get filled in if the are not present. \ { \ } chars enclose optional keyword arguments. All keyword arguments are optional and have a default value and can be enumerated in any order. Thus kwarg1 and kwarg2 are keyword arguments with defaults.

Let's take tailDir as an example. Here's the definition in the manual.

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Aaron Newton, a Cloudera Alum, actually suggested the name for the Flume project and it just seemed to fit.

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