// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved. package tail import ( "bufio" "fmt" "github.com/ActiveState/tail/util" "github.com/ActiveState/tail/watch" "io" "launchpad.net/tomb" "log" "os" "time" ) var ( ErrStop = fmt.Errorf("tail should now stop") ) type Line struct { Text string Time time.Time Err error // Error from tail } // SeekInfo represents arguments to `os.Seek` type SeekInfo struct { Offset int64 Whence int // os.SEEK_* } // Config is used to specify how a file must be tailed. type Config struct { // File-specifc Location *SeekInfo // Seek to this location before tailing ReOpen bool // Reopen recreated files (tail -F) MustExist bool // Fail early if the file does not exist Poll bool // Poll for file changes instead of using inotify LimitRate int64 // Maximum read rate (lines per second) // Generic IO Follow bool // Continue looking for new lines (tail -f) MaxLineSize int // If non-zero, split longer lines into multiple lines } type Tail struct { Filename string Lines chan *Line Config file *os.File reader *bufio.Reader watcher watch.FileWatcher changes *watch.FileChanges rateMon *RateMonitor tomb.Tomb // provides: Done, Kill, Dying } // TailFile begins tailing the file. Output stream is made available // via the `Tail.Lines` channel. To handle errors during tailing, // invoke the `Wait` or `Err` method after finishing reading from the // `Lines` channel. func TailFile(filename string, config Config) (*Tail, error) { if config.ReOpen && !config.Follow { util.Fatal("cannot set ReOpen without Follow.") } t := &Tail{ Filename: filename, Lines: make(chan *Line), Config: config} t.rateMon = new(RateMonitor) if t.Poll { t.watcher = watch.NewPollingFileWatcher(filename) } else { t.watcher = watch.NewInotifyFileWatcher(filename) } if t.MustExist { var err error t.file, err = os.Open(t.Filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } } go t.tailFileSync() return t, nil } // Return the file's current position, like stdio's ftell(). // But this value is not very accurate. // it may readed one line in the chan(tail.Lines), // so it may lost one line. func (tail *Tail) Tell() (offset int64, err error) { if tail.file == nil { return } offset, err = tail.file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_CUR) if err == nil { offset -= int64(tail.reader.Buffered()) } return } // Stop stops the tailing activity. func (tail *Tail) Stop() error { tail.Kill(nil) return tail.Wait() } func (tail *Tail) close() { close(tail.Lines) if tail.file != nil { tail.file.Close() } } func (tail *Tail) reopen() error { if tail.file != nil { tail.file.Close() } for { var err error tail.file, err = os.Open(tail.Filename) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { log.Printf("Waiting for %s to appear...", tail.Filename) if err := tail.watcher.BlockUntilExists(&tail.Tomb); err != nil { if err == tomb.ErrDying { return err } return fmt.Errorf("Failed to detect creation of %s: %s", tail.Filename, err) } continue } return fmt.Errorf("Unable to open file %s: %s", tail.Filename, err) } break } return nil } func (tail *Tail) readLine() ([]byte, error) { line, _, err := tail.reader.ReadLine() return line, err } func (tail *Tail) tailFileSync() { defer tail.Done() defer tail.close() if !tail.MustExist { // deferred first open. err := tail.reopen() if err != nil { if err != tomb.ErrDying { tail.Kill(err) } return } } // Seek to requested location on first open of the file. if tail.Location != nil { _, err := tail.file.Seek(tail.Location.Offset, tail.Location.Whence) // log.Printf("Seeked %s - %+v\n", tail.Filename, tail.Location) if err != nil { tail.Killf("Seek error on %s: %s", tail.Filename, err) return } } tail.reader = bufio.NewReader(tail.file) // Read line by line. for { line, err := tail.readLine() switch err { case nil: if line != nil { cooloff := !tail.sendLine(line) if cooloff { msg := "Too much activity; entering a cool-off period" tail.Lines <- &Line{ msg, time.Now(), fmt.Errorf(msg)} // Wait a second before seeking till the end of // file when rate limit is reached. select { case <-time.After(time.Second): case <-tail.Dying(): return } _, err := tail.file.Seek(0, 2) // Seek to fine end if err != nil { tail.Killf("Seek error on %s: %s", tail.Filename, err) return } } } case io.EOF: if !tail.Follow { return } // When EOF is reached, wait for more data to become // available. Wait strategy is based on the `tail.watcher` // implementation (inotify or polling). err := tail.waitForChanges() if err != nil { if err != ErrStop { tail.Kill(err) } return } default: // non-EOF error tail.Killf("Error reading %s: %s", tail.Filename, err) return } select { case <-tail.Dying(): return default: } } } // waitForChanges waits until the file has been appended, deleted, // moved or truncated. When moved or deleted - the file will be // reopened if ReOpen is true. Truncated files are always reopened. func (tail *Tail) waitForChanges() error { if tail.changes == nil { st, err := tail.file.Stat() if err != nil { return err } tail.changes = tail.watcher.ChangeEvents(&tail.Tomb, st) } select { case <-tail.changes.Modified: return nil case <-tail.changes.Deleted: tail.changes = nil if tail.ReOpen { // XXX: we must not log from a library. log.Printf("Re-opening moved/deleted file %s ...", tail.Filename) if err := tail.reopen(); err != nil { return err } log.Printf("Successfully reopened %s", tail.Filename) tail.reader = bufio.NewReader(tail.file) return nil } else { log.Printf("Stopping tail as file no longer exists: %s", tail.Filename) return ErrStop } case <-tail.changes.Truncated: // Always reopen truncated files (Follow is true) log.Printf("Re-opening truncated file %s ...", tail.Filename) if err := tail.reopen(); err != nil { return err } log.Printf("Successfully reopened truncated %s", tail.Filename) tail.reader = bufio.NewReader(tail.file) return nil case <-tail.Dying(): return ErrStop } panic("unreachable") } // sendLine sends the line(s) to Lines channel, splitting longer lines // if necessary. Return false if rate limit is reached. func (tail *Tail) sendLine(line []byte) bool { now := time.Now() nowUnix := now.Unix() lines := []string{string(line)} // Split longer lines if tail.MaxLineSize > 0 && len(line) > tail.MaxLineSize { lines = util.PartitionString( string(line), tail.MaxLineSize) } for _, line := range lines { tail.Lines <- &Line{line, now, nil} rate := tail.rateMon.Tick(nowUnix) if tail.LimitRate > 0 && rate > tail.LimitRate { log.Printf("Rate limit (%v < %v) reached on file (%v); entering 1s cooloff period.\n", tail.LimitRate, rate, tail.Filename) return false } } return true } // Cleanup removes open inotify watchers, because the Linux kernel does do so // upon process exit. func Cleanup() { watch.Cleanup() }