I haven't tried it myself, but Java does have a "tail" command that should do exactly what you want.
m!ke -----Original Message----- From: C S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 7:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CF8: Reading a file from the end instead of the beginning? > Here is a down-and-dirty example. I realized the snippet above does not account for lines broken across the "grabBytes" barrier. So that alteration is needed. But the code snippet should give the basic idea at least. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304986 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4