'perldoc -q tail' might help you, if no perldoc installed here is from perlfaq5 
How do I do a "tail -f" in perl?

       First try

           seek(GWFILE, 0, 1);

       The statement "seek(GWFILE, 0, 1)" doesn't change the current p
+osition, but it does clear the end-of-
       file condition on the handle, so that the next <GWFILE> makes P
+erl try again to read something.

       If that doesn't work (it relies on features of your stdio imple
+mentation), then you need something
       more like this:

               for (;;) {
                 for ($curpos = tell(GWFILE); <GWFILE>; $curpos = tell
+(GWFILE)) {
                   # search for some stuff and put it into files
                 }
                 # sleep for a while
                 seek(GWFILE, $curpos, 0);  # seek to where we had bee
+n
               }

       If this still doesn't work, look into the POSIX module.  POSIX 
+defines the clearerr() method, which
       can remove the end of file condition on a filehandle.  The meth
+od: read until end of file, clearerr(),
       read some more.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

       There's also a File::Tail module from CPAN.

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but the data transfer over NFS will not be live, there would be minimal delay if you expect live data.

In reply to Re: How do I tail -f a file if it is NFS mounted? by targetsmart
in thread How do I tail -f a file if it is NFS mounted? by smart_amorist

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