logwatcher 0.1.1

A lib to watch log files for new Changes, just like tail -f
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Log Watcher

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A Rust library to watch the log files.

Note: Tested only in Linux

Features:

  1. Automatically reloads log file when log rotated
  2. Calls callback function when new line to parse

Usage

First, add the following to your Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
logwatcher = "0.1"

Add to your code,

extern crate logwatcher;
use logwatcher::LogWatcher;

Register the logwatcher, pass a closure and watch it!

let mut log_watcher = LogWatcher::register("/var/log/check.log".to_string()).unwrap();

log_watcher.watch(&mut move |line: String| {
    println!("Line {}", line);
    LogWatcherAction::None
});