Class: Process::Daemon::LogFile

Inherits:
File
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/process/daemon/log_file.rb

Overview

This is a special file instance which provides the ability to read a log file from the end backwards.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#tail_log ⇒ Object

Yields the lines of a log file in reverse order, once the yield statement returns true, stops, and returns the lines in order.



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# File 'lib/process/daemon/log_file.rb', line 26

def tail_log
  lines = []

  seek_end
  
  reverse_each_line do |line|
    lines << line
    
    break if block_given? and yield line
  end

  return lines.reverse
end