Continuous tail on rolling logs ...

AlienDaddy — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:38:08 GMT

Hi all,
Love this log tool so far!
My logs roll after they reach a certain size and the new log has a slightly different filename.

Example:
ApplicationLog.20190612.0.log << current tailing log
ApplicationLog.20190612.0.log.lck << lock file indicates name of current tailing log
ApplicationLog.20190612.1.log
ApplicationLog.20190612.1.log
ApplicationLog.20190611.0.log
ApplicationLog.20190611.1.log
ApplicationLog.20190611.1.log

So, when I tail the current tailing log and the log rolls over, the current tail stops and I have to manually specify the next log file to keep tailing.
Am I able to monitor for the change and automatically roll over to tailing the new log? Maybe a way to trigger off the .lck file?

I went through the documentation but I couldn't figure out which feature might support this. if there is one .. :)
Any tips you have would be appreciated!

Mike Thompson
Ottawa, Canada

RE: Continuous tail on rolling logs ...

LogViewPlus Support — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:38:08 GMT

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the feedback - glad to hear you are finding LogViewPlus useful.

The feature you are looking for is Directory Monitoring:
https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/monitor_a_directory.html
https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/monitor_directory.html

If you monitor the directory and set a merge file, LogViewPlus will just write all log entries into one file. This might make things a little bit easier to manage.

Once you have it setup the way you want, you can save the directory monitor as part of a workspace:
https://www.logviewplus.com/docs/save_a_workspace.html

This makes it easier to monitor the log files later.

Hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any further questions or issues.

Thanks,

Toby

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