// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved. package watch import ( "os" "runtime" "time" "github.com/hpcloud/tail/util" "gopkg.in/tomb.v1" ) // PollingFileWatcher polls the file for changes. type PollingFileWatcher struct { Filename string Size int64 } func NewPollingFileWatcher(filename string) *PollingFileWatcher { fw := &PollingFileWatcher{filename, 0} return fw } var POLL_DURATION time.Duration func (fw *PollingFileWatcher) BlockUntilExists(t *tomb.Tomb) error { for { if _, err := os.Stat(fw.Filename); err == nil { return nil } else if !os.IsNotExist(err) { return err } select { case <-time.After(POLL_DURATION): continue case <-t.Dying(): return tomb.ErrDying } } panic("unreachable") } func (fw *PollingFileWatcher) ChangeEvents(t *tomb.Tomb, pos int64) (*FileChanges, error) { origFi, err := os.Stat(fw.Filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } changes := NewFileChanges() var prevModTime time.Time // XXX: use tomb.Tomb to cleanly manage these goroutines. replace // the fatal (below) with tomb's Kill. fw.Size = pos go func() { prevSize := fw.Size for { select { case <-t.Dying(): return default: } time.Sleep(POLL_DURATION) fi, err := os.Stat(fw.Filename) if err != nil { // 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 } // XXX: report this error back to the user util.Fatal("Failed to stat file %v: %v", fw.Filename, err) } // File got moved/renamed? if !os.SameFile(origFi, fi) { changes.NotifyDeleted() return } // File got truncated? fw.Size = fi.Size() if prevSize > 0 && prevSize > fw.Size { changes.NotifyTruncated() prevSize = fw.Size continue } // File got bigger? if prevSize > 0 && prevSize < fw.Size { changes.NotifyModified() prevSize = fw.Size continue } prevSize = fw.Size // File was appended to (changed)? modTime := fi.ModTime() if modTime != prevModTime { prevModTime = modTime changes.NotifyModified() } } }() return changes, nil } func init() { POLL_DURATION = 250 * time.Millisecond }