On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:41 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > I'll try again using these ideas. > > It was mentioned that I'm not using a tail module. Does such a thing exist? > I'm all for non-wheel-reinvention. >
A quick search brought up: https://npmjs.org/package/tailnative https://npmjs.org/package/tail (CoffeeScript!) https://npmjs.org/package/tailed This is assuming you have no control over the process that is outputting the stream you want to read. —ravi > > I think you may want to run your source through coffeescript first ;) > > :-) > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Nathan White <changereal...@gmail.com> wrote: > If this is indeed your test file it won't output. I think you may want to run > your source through coffeescript first ;) > > > On Aug 18, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > >> When I run this bash script ... >> >> #!/bin/bash >> tail -f log & >> echo "tail is working" >> log >> >> it prints out "tail is working" as expected. >> >> My question is how can I do the same thing with a node command-line script? >> I've tried everything but I can't come up with anything that works. Most of >> my tries hang with the child_process never returning. >> >> By node command-line script I mean a file like this ... >> >> #!/usr/bin/env node >> console.log "I'm a command-line script" >> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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 >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
