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v1

v1.4.14

Feb 6, 2025

Changes in this version

type Config

+ Rotatable bool

v1.4.13

Feb 6, 2025

v1.4.12

Feb 6, 2025

Changes in this version

+ func OpenFile(name string) (file *os.File, err error) — js/wasm

type Config

+ CompleteLines bool

type Line

+ Num int

+ SeekInfo SeekInfo

v1.0.0

Apr 28, 2016

Changes in this version

+ var DefaultLogger = log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)

+ var DiscardingLogger = log.New(ioutil.Discard, "", 0)

+ var ErrStop = fmt.Errorf("tail should now stop")

+ func OpenFile(name string) (file *os.File, err error) — darwin/amd64, linux/amd64, windows/amd64

+ type Config struct

+ Follow bool

+ Location *SeekInfo

+ Logger logger

+ MaxLineSize int

+ MustExist bool

+ Pipe bool

+ Poll bool

+ RateLimiter *ratelimiter.LeakyBucket

+ ReOpen bool

+ type Line struct

+ Err error

+ Text string

+ Time time.Time

+ func NewLine(text string) *Line

+ type SeekInfo struct

+ Offset int64

+ Whence int

+ type Tail struct

+ Filename string

+ Lines chan *Line

+ func TailFile(filename string, config Config) (*Tail, error)

+ func (tail *Tail) Cleanup()

+ func (tail *Tail) Stop() error

+ func (tail *Tail) StopAtEOF() error

+ func (tail *Tail) Tell() (offset int64, err error)