github.com/Cooboob/tail@v1.0.1/README.md (about)

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     3  
     4  # Go package for tail-ing files
     5  
     6  A Go package striving to emulate the features of the BSD `tail` program. 
     7  
     8  thanks to hpcloud 
     9  
    10  ```Go
    11  t, err := tail.TailFile("/var/log/nginx.log", tail.Config{Follow: true})
    12  for line := range t.Lines {
    13      fmt.Println(line.Text)
    14  }
    15  ```
    16  
    17  See [API documentation](http://godoc.org/github.com/Cooboob/tail).
    18  
    19  ## Log rotation
    20  
    21  Tail comes with full support for truncation/move detection as it is
    22  designed to work with log rotation tools.
    23  
    24  ## Installing
    25  
    26      go get github.com/Cooboob/tail/...
    27  
    28  ## Windows support
    29  
    30  This package [needs assistance](https://github.com/Cooboob/tail/labels/Windows) for full Windows support.