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Sridhar Ratnakumar 644891ebbc BlockUntilExists should return immediately if the file already exists this fixes a potential race condition in the use of BlockUntilExists following a file existence check (as we do in tail.go:reopen). closes issue 5		2013-05-28 13:29:40 -07:00
cmd/gotail	allow the user to control the GOPATH	2013-01-07 12:56:25 -08:00
.gitignore	remove logyard references and update README	2012-10-17 11:56:54 -07:00
CHANGES.md	add change log	2013-05-28 11:06:11 -07:00
LICENSE.txt	add license and copyright	2013-01-07 12:54:49 -08:00
Makefile	allow the user to control the GOPATH	2013-01-07 12:56:25 -08:00
README.md	README: link to API docs	2013-03-10 15:01:42 -07:00
tail.go	BlockUntilExists should return immediately if the file already exists	2013-05-28 13:29:40 -07:00
tail_test.go	BlockUntilExists should return immediately if the file already exists	2013-05-28 13:29:40 -07:00
watch.go	BlockUntilExists should return immediately if the file already exists	2013-05-28 13:29:40 -07:00

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)
}

Installing

go get github.com/ActiveState/tail

To build and test the package,

make test

To build the toy command-line program gotail,

cd cmd/gotail
make
./gotail -h