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p5-File-Tail-1.3p0

library for reading from continuously updated files

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Description

The File::Tail module is designed for reading files which are continuously appended to (the name comes from the tail -f directive). Usually such files are logfiles of some description. The module tries hard not to busy wait on the file, dynamically calculating how long it should wait before it pays to try reading the file again. The module should handle normal log truncations ("close; move; open" or "cat /dev/null >file") transparently, without losing any input.

Package information

Ports path
devel/p5-File-Tail
Package architecture
*
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel, perl5
Available flavors
None listed

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