reading a growing log file

[seabass]

i need to read events from a log file as they are being logged. using
the cookbook i added the following to my script:

for (;;) {
while (<FH>) { .... }
sleep $SOMETIME;
seek(FH, 0, 1);
}

this does not work correctly. when sending 15,000 lines to the log file
only 14,938 are processed.

if anyone has any ideas on either how to fix this or a better way to do
it i am all ears.

tia!

-dj

[seabass]

figured out that the problem was with the data and not the script

seabass wrote:

i need to read events from a log file as they are being logged. using
the cookbook i added the following to my script:

for (;;) {
while (<FH>) { .... }
sleep $SOMETIME;
seek(FH, 0, 1);
}

this does not work correctly. when sending 15,000 lines to the log file
only 14,938 are processed.

if anyone has any ideas on either how to fix this or a better way to do
it i am all ears.

tia!

-dj