tail/watch/watch.go

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// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.
package watch
import "gopkg.in/tomb.v1"
// FileWatcher monitors file-level events.
type FileWatcher interface {
// BlockUntilExists blocks until the file comes into existence.
BlockUntilExists(*tomb.Tomb) error
// ChangeEvents reports on changes to a file, be it modification,
// deletion, renames or truncations. Returned FileChanges group of
// channels will be closed, thus become unusable, after a deletion
// or truncation event.
// In order to properly report truncations, ChangeEvents requires
// the caller to pass their current offset in the file.
ChangeEvents(*tomb.Tomb, int64) *FileChanges
}