Re: script to tail latest logfile in a directory?

[Robin Bowes]

Dave Sill wrote:
> 
> "Robin Bowes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Before I do a bit of coding, has anyone written a script to identify the
> >most recent log file and tail it, preferably switching files when the
> >log file turns over?
> 
> Jeff Hayward's taildir does what you want. It's small, and I don't
> have a URL, so I've attached a copy.

Bingo!  I was sure I wouldn't be the only person needing to do this.

Thanks Dave (and Jeff!)

BTW, being a bit of a clueless neophyte when it comes to building C
programs, is this an appropriate way to build the file:

$ egcc taildir.c -o taildir

The resulting binary seems to work so I would conclude that it is!

R.
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