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app lw

Log-Watcher utility - replacement for: tail -F /some/path/* - that uses Kqueue to watch for new files as well…

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0.6.7 Mar 14, 2021
0.6.1 Feb 18, 2021
0.1.0 Mar 21, 2019

#561 in Filesystem

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MIT license

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LogWatcher

LogWatcher is an utility meant as a replacement for: tail -F /some/path/*.

lw vs tail advantages:

  • it watches for modified, deleted and new files without restart of the utility
  • it won't crash if there are > 4096 files (shell pattern limit exhaustion) or directories (if you set ulimit -n value high enough)
  • it works recursively on directories

Author:

Daniel (@dmilith) Dettlaff

Features:

  • Uses Kqueue for event monitoring (standard on BSD and macOS)

  • Works recursively through files/ directories but can be also used for single file monitoring

  • It's fast and DEBUG'able (through DEBUG and TRACE env variables)

  • Produces colorful output (especially in DEBUG and TRACE mode).

Installation:

cargo install --force lw

Software requirements:

  • Rust >= 1.40.0

Additional build requirements:

  • Clang >= 10.x
  • Make >= 3.x
  • Cmake >= 3.16
  • POSIX compliant base-system (tested on systems: FreeBSD/ HardenedBSD/ Darwin)

License

  • BSD

  • MIT

Dependencies

~3–11MB
~112K SLoC