Thanks all for your input. The File::Tail package works although it seems to stop working once I restart the application writing to the logfile. I've played around with the settings but I'll have to take it up with the author.
Thanks again! -----Original Message----- From: Chris Knipe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 May 2005 09:48 AM To: Ramprasad A Padmanabhan Cc: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: Emulate "tail -f" on file 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> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
