On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 11:54:35AM +0530, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote: > use File::Tail; > > > On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 11:37, Tielman Koekemoer (TNE) wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > If I wanted to monitor a file in a way that would emulate "tail -f" > > (in the shell), how would I open the file? > > > > open(FILE, " filename |"); (?) > > > > TIA
As someone who asked the -EXACT- same question, not even a month ago, I can really suggest the archives, and I can also really second File::Tail - it's a BRILLIANT module. -- Chris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
