Hi list
Off topic, but I am sure there is a better way to do what I'm doing.
As my test script runs, I have a script which reads the windows event
log every 5 minutes and produces three flat files with the output
according to different criteria. The way I read the logs is with
Microsoft's dumpel.exe utility which is called with system() and
parameters from ruby.
But, I need a continuous log file, so at the beginning of the script I
create a master log file. Everytime the three new temp log files are
written, I read the data into an array. I also read the master log file
into an array. Then I have a simple if:
oldbuffer = logfile.to_a
newbuffer = nil
newbuffer = rebootedarray.to_a | clearedarray.to_a | temparray.to_a
newbuffer.each {|item|
if not oldbuffer.include?(item)
oldbuffer.push(item) if item > ' '
end
}
logfile.truncate 0
oldbuffer = oldbuffer.sort.uniq
logfile.puts(oldbuffer)
The new array replaces all the data previously in the master log file. I
get a lot of redundant whitespace for some reason. It really is a hack -
there must be a better way to do it...
Walter Kruse
Senior Test Analyst
www.OBS-Consulting.com
082 660 7288
http://www.ou-ryperd.net
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