// TailFile begins tailing the file. Output stream is made available
// via the `Tail.Lines` channel. To handle errors during tailing,
// invoke the `Wait` or `Err` method after finishing reading from the
// `Lines` channel.
func TailFile(filename string, config Config) (*Tail, error) {
if config.ReOpen && !config.Follow {
util.Fatal("cannot set ReOpen without Follow.")
}
t := &Tail{
Filename: filename,
Lines: make(chan *Line),
Config: config,
}
// when Logger was not specified in config, use default logger
if t.Logger == nil {
t.Logger = log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)
}
if t.Poll {
t.watcher = watch.NewPollingFileWatcher(filename)
} else {
t.watcher = watch.NewInotifyFileWatcher(filename)
}
if t.MustExist {
var err error
t.file, err = OpenFile(t.Filename)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
go t.tailFileSync()
return t, nil
}
// getFileWatcher returns a FileWatcher for the given path.
func getFileWatcher(path string) watch.FileWatcher {
return watch.NewPollingFileWatcher(path)
}