use File::Tail; Ram
On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 18:19, Adrian Farrell wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for a way to read log files in real time, so that each time a > new entry appears in the file I can perform a search/query (whatever > really!) on it. > > it's odd really, as I expected this to be a very common scenario and yet I > can find nothing on it! > > I think there maybe some way to achieve this using the seek and tell > commands but I can't quite fathom it out. > > any suggestions? > > thanks, > Ad > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > <<Disclaimer>> > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > named individual. If you are not the named addressee, you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this message in error and delete > this e-message from your system. > > E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, delayed in > transmission, incomplete, or may contain viruses. The sender therefore does > not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of > this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If > verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message > is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a > solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial > instruments. > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>