tail

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v0.0.0-...-24ee71b Latest Latest Go to latest Published: Apr 29, 2017 License: MIT Imports: 7 Imported by: 0

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tail

The package is implemented using tail function provided by Linux. It simply reads the stdout of tail using bufio.Scanner and pass it to the application through a go channel.

LeKovr fork changes

Changed tail call arguments:

removed "-c +1"
"-F" used instead "-f"
added "-n" support (added argument to TailFile)

Also tests was simplified (takes 10 secs)

Documentation ¶

Index ¶

Constants
type Tail
- func TailFile(filepath, lines string, buffersize int) (*Tail, error)
- func (t *Tail) Stop() error
- func (t *Tail) String() string

Constants ¶

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const (
	QUEUE_SIZE = 100 // size of channel
)

Variables ¶

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Functions ¶

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Types ¶

type Tail ¶

type Tail struct {
	Filename string      // name of file to tail
	Lines    chan string // channel to read lines
	Err      error       // stores the error occurred
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func TailFile ¶

func TailFile(filepath, lines string, buffersize int) (*Tail, error)

begins tailing a linux file. Output stream is made available through `Tail.Lines` channel lines used with "-n" argument and may be prefixed with "+"

func (*Tail) Stop ¶

func (t *Tail) Stop() error

stops tailing the file

func (*Tail) String ¶

func (t *Tail) String() string

Source Files ¶

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tail.go

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