#5 support iis logfiles with zerobytes

[Anonymous]

hi,

my iis ftp logfiles are filled up with zerobytes to 64kb.

so the size never changes until the 64kb is reached. it
seems that tailforwin32 doesnt detect changes in the file
because of this.

could this feature be implemented? or does someone
know a tool that supports this?

it would be nice to get answers also by email: maf-
soft@gmx.net

thanks,
moritz

[Paul Perkins]

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This is an issue that has been bugging me for a long time. I am
now starting to persue this issue.

[Bob Hamans]

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I am experiencing a similar problem with the log files of
the NFS server from the microsoft SFU 3.5 packages. The
files is kept open by the nfs server application. The byte
size nor date/time changes nevetheless new lines are written
to the file continuously. Tailforwin32 does not detect these
changes. I tried adding a registry key
HKCU\Software\Objektiv\Tail for Win32\Settings\Timeout
containing a binary value of 1000. This has no effect
though. By simply forcing updates (or by adding this option
somewhere in the configuration menu it should be possible to
monitor these kind of files?

Hope you can implement this, keep up the good work!
Bob

[Paul Perkins]

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Hi,

This appears to be an issue with the application (IIS, etc)
itself. It buffers flushes to the file until it reaches a
pre-defined (and registry-hackable) limit. This is designed to
limit the hit on disc accesses. (Of course, if the logfile was
written to a disc that is designed for logging, then this
wouldn't be an issue).

In summary, I don't think it's something that I can solve.

I'd be ecstatic if someone could prove me wrong, though!

Paul.