Just in case, have you tried [Tail -f <file> | perl somescript.pl] ?
There are often limitations in the use of piping when making use of file
associations...
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Bruno Bellenger
Sr. Network/Systems Administrator
-----Original Message-----
From: Morehouse, Ken [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 16:30
To: Win32 Perl Admin ActiveState LS (E-mail)
Subject: Tail for NT
Has anyone used the Win32 port of tail.exe successfully? I can use
it to -f
a file without issue when the output goes to STDOUT. If I try to
pipe the
output to another process, tail no longer sees additions to the
file. I can
tail a file without -f to a pipe okay.
What I'd like to do is this. I have a daily log file from my RADIUS
server
that can't be modified while in use. I am being asked to provide
realtime
log info from this file. I'd like to watch the logfile and pipe each
new
additional record to a perl script that takes the info and puts it
in a SQL
database.
Any ideas? [Tail -f <file> | somescript.pl] would be the ideal
solution, but
obviously doesn't work correctly.
Ken Morehouse II, MCSE
Telergy
IT Operations
Sr NT Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(315) 362-2180 (DID)
(315) 362-0203 (FAX)
http://www.telergy.net
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