reading a growing log file

[seabass]

i need to read events from a log file as they are being logged. using
the cookbook i added the following to my script:

for (;;) {
while (<FH>) { .... }
sleep $SOMETIME;
seek(FH, 0, 1);
}

this does not work correctly. when sending 15,000 lines to the log file
only 14,938 are processed.

if anyone has any ideas on either how to fix this or a better way to do
it i am all ears.

tia!

-dj

[seabass]

Re: reading a growing log file

figured out that the problem was with the data and not the script

seabass wrote:[color=blue]
> i need to read events from a log file as they are being logged. using
> the cookbook i added the following to my script:
>
> for (;;) {
> while (<FH>) { .... }
> sleep $SOMETIME;
> seek(FH, 0, 1);
> }
>
> this does not work correctly. when sending 15,000 lines to the log file
> only 14,938 are processed.
>
> if anyone has any ideas on either how to fix this or a better way to do
> it i am all ears.
>
> tia!
>
> -dj
>[/color]