here is an even simpler option https://github.com/felixge/node-growing-file
it uses the approach @hasanyasin recommends, and exposes it as a stream. On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:20 AM, mscdex <msc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 4, 5:15 pm, mscdex <msc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Jul 4, 4:20 pm, hasanyasin <hasanya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Did you take a look at the code example I gave? You do not need to use >> > watch if your process is running and the file is being written constantly. >> > For exact implementation of tail -f completely in Node, please take a look >> > at the working code I had given the address for. >> >> IMHO it's best to use watchFile so that you don't perform a lot of >> unnecessary polling stat calls (especially synchronous ones). >> >> Using fs.open + fs.watchFile + fs.fstat + fs.read is probably your >> best bet. > > With regards to the linked stackoverflow example, it's best to avoid > creating a new Buffer every time you read. > > You should also either: keep reading from the file while the current > position is less than the last checked file size and avoid extra > unnecessary stat calls until you are finished, or just read the whole > delta (current file size - current position) from the get-go instead > of one small chunk at a time. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
