| .. | ||
| ratelimiter | ||
| util | ||
| watch | ||
| winfile | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| .travis.yml | ||
| appveyor.yml | ||
| CHANGES.md | ||
| Dockerfile | ||
| LICENSE.txt | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README.md | ||
| tail.go | ||
| tail_posix.go | ||
| tail_windows.go | ||
Go package for tail-ing files
A Go package striving to emulate the features of the BSD tail program.
t, err := tail.TailFile("/var/log/nginx.log", tail.Config{Follow: true})
for line := range t.Lines {
fmt.Println(line.Text)
}
See API documentation.
Log rotation
Tail comes with full support for truncation/move detection as it is designed to work with log rotation tools.
Installing
go get github.com/hpcloud/tail/...
Windows support
This package needs assistance for full Windows support.