From: Kevin Jackson <foamdino@...>
Date: 2007-02-22T18:33:19+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby tail

> Is there a gem or perhaps a method I am not aware of that does the similar function of tail?  Or is there a way to use tail in ruby?   I have a file that I want to process as new data is appended to the file.  This is easy enough using tail and tail has the added advantage that it can follow a file if it is "rolled".

Just call out to tail

def tail(f)
  `tail f`
end

or similar - if tail does what you want, use it

Kev