34db8a6edf | ||
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Godeps | ||
cmd/gotail | ||
ratelimiter | ||
util | ||
vendor/gopkg.in | ||
watch | ||
winfile | ||
.gitignore | ||
.travis.yml | ||
CHANGES.md | ||
Dockerfile | ||
LICENSE.txt | ||
Makefile | ||
README.md | ||
tail.go | ||
tail_posix.go | ||
tail_test.go | ||
tail_windows.go |
README.md
Go package for tail-ing files
A Go package striving to emulate the features of the BSD tail
program.
t, err := tail.TailFile("/var/log/nginx.log", tail.Config{Follow: true})
for line := range t.Lines {
fmt.Println(line.Text)
}
See API documentation.
Log rotation
Tail comes with full support for truncation/move detection as it is designed to work with log rotation tools.
Installing
go get github.com/hpcloud/tail/...
Windows support
This package needs assistance for full Windows support.