Merge pull request #62 from florindragos/master

Treat permission error as if file was deleted on windows

Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 FROM golang
 
-RUN mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/ActiveState/tail/
+RUN mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/hpcloud/tail/
-ADD . $GOPATH/src/github.com/ActiveState/tail/
+ADD . $GOPATH/src/github.com/hpcloud/tail/
 
 # expecting to fetch dependencies successfully.
-RUN go get -v github.com/ActiveState/tail
+RUN go get -v github.com/hpcloud/tail
 
 # expecting to run the test successfully.
-RUN go test -v github.com/ActiveState/tail
+RUN go test -v github.com/hpcloud/tail
 
 # expecting to install successfully
-RUN go install -v github.com/ActiveState/tail
+RUN go install -v github.com/hpcloud/tail
-RUN go install -v github.com/ActiveState/tail/cmd/gotail
+RUN go install -v github.com/hpcloud/tail/cmd/gotail
 
 RUN $GOPATH/bin/gotail -h || true
 

Makefile

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ fmt:
 
 # Run the test in an isolated environment.
 fulltest:
-	docker build -t activestate/tail .
+	docker build -t hpcloud/tail .

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/ActiveState/tail.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ActiveState/tail)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hpcloud/tail.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/ActiveState/tail)
 
 # Go package for tail-ing files
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ for line := range t.Lines {
 }
 ```
 
-See [API documentation](http://godoc.org/github.com/ActiveState/tail).
+See [API documentation](http://godoc.org/github.com/hpcloud/tail).
 
 ## Log rotation
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ designed to work with log rotation tools.
 
 ## Installing
 
-    go get github.com/ActiveState/tail/...
+    go get github.com/hpcloud/tail/...
 
 ## Windows support
 
-This package [needs assistance](https://github.com/ActiveState/tail/labels/Windows) for full Windows support.
+This package [needs assistance](https://github.com/hpcloud/tail/labels/Windows) for full Windows support.

cmd/gotail/gotail.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail"
 	"os"
 )
 

tail.go

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/ratelimiter"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/ratelimiter"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/util"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/util"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/watch"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/watch"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v1"
 )
 

tail_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"./watch"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/ratelimiter"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/ratelimiter"
 )
 
 func init() {

tail_windows.go

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 package tail
 
 import (
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/winfile"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/winfile"
 	"os"
 )
 

watch/inotify.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/util"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/util"
 	"gopkg.in/fsnotify.v0"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v1"
 )

watch/polling.go

@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
 package watch
 
 import (
-	"github.com/ActiveState/tail/util"
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail/util"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v1"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -51,8 +52,6 @@ func (fw *PollingFileWatcher) ChangeEvents(t *tomb.Tomb, origFi os.FileInfo) *Fi
 	go func() {
 		defer changes.Close()
 
-		var retry int = 0
-
 		prevSize := fw.Size
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -64,16 +63,14 @@ func (fw *PollingFileWatcher) ChangeEvents(t *tomb.Tomb, origFi os.FileInfo) *Fi
 			time.Sleep(POLL_DURATION)
 			fi, err := os.Stat(fw.Filename)
 			if err != nil {
-				if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				// Windows cannot delete a file if a handle is still open (tail keeps one open)
+				// so it gives access denied to anything trying to read it until all handles are released.
+				if os.IsNotExist(err) || (runtime.GOOS == "windows" && os.IsPermission(err)) {
 					// File does not exist (has been deleted).
 					changes.NotifyDeleted()
 					return
 				}
 
-				if permissionErrorRetry(err, &retry) {
-					continue
-				}
-
 				// XXX: report this error back to the user
 				util.Fatal("Failed to stat file %v: %v", fw.Filename, err)
 			}

watch/polling_posix.go

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.
-// +build linux darwin freebsd
-
-package watch
-
-func permissionErrorRetry(err error, retry *int) bool {
-	// No need for this on linux, don't retry
-	return false
-}

watch/polling_windows.go

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// +build windows
-
-package watch
-
-import (
-	"os"
-)
-
-const permissionDeniedRetryCount int = 5
-
-func permissionErrorRetry(err error, retry *int) bool {
-	if os.IsPermission(err) && *retry < permissionDeniedRetryCount {
-		// While pooling a file that does not exist yet, but will be created by another process we can get Permission Denied
-		(*retry)++
-		return true
-	}
-	return false
-}