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David Sansome 760f3e6edc Fix BlockUntilExists for relative paths.
filepath.Dir("foo") returns ".", so the inotify events are of the form
"./foo", which is not equal to the filename being watched ("foo")
2015-09-29 21:41:22 +10:00
cmd/gotail add -max param to gotail utility 2014-05-16 18:10:04 -07:00
ratelimiter include License file of original code 2014-04-29 19:56:11 -07:00
util replace the alarmist panic with Fatal 2013-10-11 18:19:43 -07:00
watch Fix BlockUntilExists for relative paths. 2015-09-29 21:41:22 +10:00
winfile add FILE_SHARE_DELETE flag when opening file 2014-07-28 16:38:02 +03:00
.gitignore remove logyard references and update README 2012-10-17 11:56:54 -07:00
.travis.yml Test against latest Go versions in travis 2015-07-03 16:26:59 -07:00
CHANGES.md change log entry for last PR 2015-07-03 14:27:12 -07:00
Dockerfile Modernize Dockerfile to use the golang image 2015-06-28 20:19:59 -07:00
LICENSE.txt add license and copyright 2013-01-07 12:54:49 -08:00
Makefile Fix 'make fulltest' for newer docker versions 2015-06-28 20:15:57 -07:00
README.md solicit help with Windows support 2015-07-03 16:19:37 -07:00
deps.json Fix tomb import 2014-06-14 23:39:34 -07:00
tail.go use the single tracker instance 2015-07-03 16:53:42 +02:00
tail_posix.go support freebsd, like darwin 2014-10-08 12:37:29 +03:00
tail_test.go Wait for goroutines to finish before leaving test functions. 2015-09-29 21:33:56 +10:00
tail_windows.go add FILE_SHARE_DELETE flag when opening file 2014-07-28 16:38:02 +03:00

README.md

Build Status

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/ActiveState/tail/...

Windows support

This package needs assistance for full Windows support.