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From:
Nikola Janceski
Date:
April 2, 2002 07:04
Subject:
RE: Better "tail -f"
Message ID:
1449413DA482D311B67000508B5A12F50592DFC2@NYEXCHANGE01
what about?

open(TAIL, "tail -f $filename |") or die "no tail $! $?\n";
while(<TAIL>){
	}
close TAIL;


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruno Figueira [mailto:brunof@nortelnetworks.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 9:53 AM
> To: jbajin@aol.com
> Cc: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: RE: Better "tail -f"
> 
> 
> Well,
> 
> I should not lock it. Actually, my code should be "robust" enough to
> workaround it and "tail -f" a file that is "reseted" sometimes.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bruno
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jbajin@aol.com [mailto:jbajin@aol.com]
> Sent: Terça-feira, 2 de Abril de 2002 12:24
> To: Figueira, Bruno [CMPS:003R:EXCH]
> Cc: beginners@perl.org
> Subject: Re: Better "tail -f"
> 
> 
> How about putting a file lock on it?  
> 
> That way if someone tries to access it and write to it, it 
> will not work. 
>         
> 
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