#43 Tail doesn't work in script loop

[mrfyx]

Hi, "tail" option seems to not work properly in loop.

The following script doesn't work. When I run it, it does:

• wget
• tail
• wget
• nothing, it seems blocked

label main
+wget http://10.82.3.136:280/modsecurity.log
+then tail modsecurity.log
+sleep 15000
+loop
+end

My workaround is :

label main
+wget http://10.82.3.136:280/modsecurity.log
+then run "sfk tail modsecurity.log" -yes
+sleep 15000
+loop
+end

Thanks anyway for this tool.

SFK version 1.8.1 on windows

[stahlworks]

when tail is reached multiple times by +loop,
then as it is now, it blocks and waits for the file to be changed by a different process.
(which never happens here as the current sfk process does the actual file creation).
i will add an option -nowait for such cases in the next update.
the workaround with run is correct, you may as well use

+then filter -tail=10 modsecurity.log

[mrfyx]

Ok, thanks.