in reply to Re: File::Tail with top fill logs
in thread File::Tail with top fill logs

Good suggestions, but when the file reaches it's max size inm bytes the file mod time does not change nor does the size. It does create a backup and I can scan that every time it's modtime changes, but I was hoping for something more realtime.

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Re^3: File::Tail with top fill logs
by Posthumous (Scribe) on Oct 13, 2006 at 01:04 UTC
    Hmmm. I'm chasing the same problem, I think. Are you working on Windows Schedlgu.txt (task scheduler) log file?
      I'm considering a few options
    1. Brute force solution -- delete the file after each check. If I need to keep the data, write it off to another file.
    2. The lazy admin solution -- Have Windows notify you when Task Scheduler can't run a task. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308558. Of course, this requires faith that Windows will actually do what it says it will.
    3. The whole thing solution -- check the whole file for failure s each time. One of the end users I'm supporting suggested this.
    4. Time and date solution. Look for the appropriate time and date a task should run and get the matching log entry.
    5. Perl Watchmaker's solution. Use Win32::TaskScheduler. Very fine-grained control. Do you need that much?
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      Sorry, Not working on the same issue, but I have used Win32::TaskScheduler and it is great.
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