| Signed-off-by: Valentin Rothberg <rothberg@redhat.com> | ||
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| .. | ||
| ratelimiter | ||
| util | ||
| watch | ||
| winfile | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .travis.yml | ||
| CHANGES.md | ||
| Dockerfile | ||
| LICENSE.txt | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README.md | ||
| appveyor.yml | ||
| tail.go | ||
| tail_posix.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.