instiki/vendor/rails/railties/lib/commands/servers/base.rb
2007-02-09 17:12:31 -06:00

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def tail(log_file)
cursor = File.size(log_file)
last_checked = Time.now
tail_thread = Thread.new do
File.open(log_file, 'r') do |f|
loop do
f.seek cursor
if f.mtime > last_checked
last_checked = f.mtime
contents = f.read
cursor += contents.length
print contents
end
sleep 1
end
end
end
tail_thread
end