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| author | kim <kim@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-12-31 21:35:05 +0000 |
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| committer | kim <kim@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-12-31 21:35:05 +0000 |
| commit | 6361ad4a51293b8716cfba0a241c5a78dbed8453 (patch) | |
| tree | a1a49ab5ba919b4c7b02d190dfad628d21e8b9a4 /misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR | |
| parent | e40f8abe96704a0be3f328c05d44ab8716fd6d74 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-6361ad4a51293b8716cfba0a241c5a78dbed8453.tar.gz | |
Add p5-File-Tail 0.99.1
The primary purpose of File::Tail is reading and analysing log files while
they are being written.
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| -rw-r--r-- | misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR b/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..02d7193d99d --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/p5-File-Tail/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +The primary purpose of File::Tail is reading and analysing log files while +they are being written. + +The module tries very hard NOT to ``busy-wait'' on a file that has little +traffic. If the file does not get altered for a while, File::Tail gets +suspicious and startschecking if the file was truncated, or moved and +recreated. If anything like that had happened, File::Tail will quietly +reopen the file, and continue reading. |