Re: Tail -f and select - Again

>>>>> "JS" == Jochen Stenzel <[email protected]> writes:

  >> What I want to do is read data from a growing file (tail -f) until
  >> a special record arrives, at which point I would like to close the
  >> file and reopen another one repeating the process.

  JS> there is a module called Event::File which implements tail -f the
  JS> Event way.

and there is a Stem::LogTail module that implements tail the stem
way. :)  the stem log subsystem supports filter rules which can easily
trigger a shutdown or restart of the tailing. no need for a separate
tail process.

uri

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