tail

Documentation

Overview

Package tail implements "tail -F" functionality following rotated logs

Index

• type Tail
  • func NewTail(filename string) (*Tail, error)
  • func (t *Tail) Close() error
  • func (t *Tail) Read(p []byte) (int, error)

Types

type Tail

type Tail struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func NewTail

func NewTail(filename string) (*Tail, error)

NewTail starts opens the given file and watches it for deletion/rotation

func (*Tail) Close

func (t *Tail) Close() error

Close stops watching and closes the file

func (*Tail) Read

func (t *Tail) Read(p []byte) (int, error)

Read implements the io.Reader interface for Tail