func tailLogFile(r *rds.RDS, db, name string, numLines int64, marker string) (string, string, error) { req := &rds.DownloadDBLogFilePortionInput{ DBInstanceIdentifier: aws.String(db), LogFileName: aws.String(name), } if numLines != 0 { req.NumberOfLines = aws.Int64(numLines) } if marker != "" { req.Marker = aws.String(marker) } var buf bytes.Buffer var markerPtr *string err := r.DownloadDBLogFilePortionPages(req, func(p *rds.DownloadDBLogFilePortionOutput, lastPage bool) bool { if p.LogFileData != nil { buf.WriteString(*p.LogFileData) } if lastPage { markerPtr = p.Marker } return true }) marker = "" if markerPtr != nil { marker = *markerPtr } return buf.String(), marker, err }