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// Copyright (c) 2013 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.
package tail
import (
"bufio"
"fmt"
"io"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"os"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/ActiveState/tail/ratelimiter"
"github.com/ActiveState/tail/util"
"github.com/ActiveState/tail/watch"
"gopkg.in/tomb.v1"
)
var (
ErrStop = fmt.Errorf("tail should now stop")
)
type Line struct {
Text string
Time time.Time
Err error // Error from tail
}
// NewLine returns a Line with present time.
func NewLine(text string) *Line {
return &Line{text, time.Now(), nil}
}
// SeekInfo represents arguments to `os.Seek`
type SeekInfo struct {
Offset int64
Whence int // os.SEEK_*
}
// Config is used to specify how a file must be tailed.
type Config struct {
// File-specifc
Location *SeekInfo // Seek to this location before tailing
ReOpen bool // Reopen recreated files (tail -F)
MustExist bool // Fail early if the file does not exist
Poll bool // Poll for file changes instead of using inotify
RateLimiter *ratelimiter.LeakyBucket
// Generic IO
Follow bool // Continue looking for new lines (tail -f)
MaxLineSize int // If non-zero, split longer lines into multiple lines
// Logger, when nil, is set to tail.DefaultLogger
// To disable logging: set field to tail.DiscardingLogger
Logger *log.Logger
}
type Tail struct {
Filename string
Lines chan *Line
Config
file *os.File
reader *bufio.Reader
tracker *watch.InotifyTracker
watcher watch.FileWatcher
changes *watch.FileChanges
tomb.Tomb // provides: Done, Kill, Dying
}
var (
// DefaultLogger is used when Config.Logger == nil
DefaultLogger = log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)
// DiscardingLogger can be used to disable logging output
DiscardingLogger = log.New(ioutil.Discard, "", 0)
)
// TailFile begins tailing the file. Output stream is made available
// via the `Tail.Lines` channel. To handle errors during tailing,
// invoke the `Wait` or `Err` method after finishing reading from the
// `Lines` channel.
func TailFile(filename string, config Config) (*Tail, error) {
if config.ReOpen && !config.Follow {
util.Fatal("cannot set ReOpen without Follow.")
}
t := &Tail{
Filename: filename,
Lines: make(chan *Line),
Config: config,
}
// when Logger was not specified in config, use default logger
if t.Logger == nil {
t.Logger = log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags)
}
if t.Poll {
t.watcher = watch.NewPollingFileWatcher(filename)
} else {
t.tracker = watch.NewInotifyTracker()
w, err := t.tracker.NewWatcher()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
t.watcher = watch.NewInotifyFileWatcher(filename, w)
}
if t.MustExist {
var err error
t.file, err = OpenFile(t.Filename)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
}
go t.tailFileSync()
return t, nil
}
// Return the file's current position, like stdio's ftell().
// But this value is not very accurate.
// it may readed one line in the chan(tail.Lines),
// so it may lost one line.
func (tail *Tail) Tell() (offset int64, err error) {
if tail.file == nil {
return
}
offset, err = tail.file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_CUR)
if err == nil {
offset -= int64(tail.reader.Buffered())
}
return
}
// Stop stops the tailing activity.
func (tail *Tail) Stop() error {
tail.Kill(nil)
return tail.Wait()
}
func (tail *Tail) close() {
close(tail.Lines)
if tail.file != nil {
tail.file.Close()
}
}
func (tail *Tail) reopen() error {
if tail.file != nil {
tail.file.Close()
}
for {
var err error
tail.file, err = OpenFile(tail.Filename)
if err != nil {
if os.IsNotExist(err) {
tail.Logger.Printf("Waiting for %s to appear...", tail.Filename)
if err := tail.watcher.BlockUntilExists(&tail.Tomb); err != nil {
if err == tomb.ErrDying {
return err
}
return fmt.Errorf("Failed to detect creation of %s: %s", tail.Filename, err)
}
continue
}
return fmt.Errorf("Unable to open file %s: %s", tail.Filename, err)
}
break
}
return nil
}
func (tail *Tail) readLine() (string, error) {
line, err := tail.reader.ReadString('\n')
if err != nil {
// Note ReadString "returns the data read before the error" in
// case of an error, including EOF, so we return it as is. The
// caller is expected to process it if err is EOF.
return line, err
}
line = strings.TrimRight(line, "\n")
return line, err
}
func (tail *Tail) tailFileSync() {
defer tail.Done()
defer tail.close()
if !tail.MustExist {
// deferred first open.
err := tail.reopen()
if err != nil {
if err != tomb.ErrDying {
tail.Kill(err)
}
return
}
}
// Seek to requested location on first open of the file.
if tail.Location != nil {
_, err := tail.file.Seek(tail.Location.Offset, tail.Location.Whence)
tail.Logger.Printf("Seeked %s - %+v\n", tail.Filename, tail.Location)
if err != nil {
tail.Killf("Seek error on %s: %s", tail.Filename, err)
return
}
}
tail.openReader()
// Read line by line.
for {
// grab the position in case we need to back up in the event of a half-line
offset, err := tail.Tell()
if err != nil {
tail.Kill(err)
return
}
line, err := tail.readLine()
// Process `line` even if err is EOF.
if err == nil {
cooloff := !tail.sendLine(line)
if cooloff {
// Wait a second before seeking till the end of
// file when rate limit is reached.
msg := fmt.Sprintf(
"Too much log activity; waiting a second " +
"before resuming tailing")
tail.Lines <- &Line{msg, time.Now(), fmt.Errorf(msg)}
select {
case <-time.After(time.Second):
case <-tail.Dying():
return
}
err = tail.seekEnd()
if err != nil {
tail.Kill(err)
return
}
}
} else if err == io.EOF {
if !tail.Follow {
if line != "" {
tail.sendLine(line)
}
return
}
if tail.Follow && line != "" {
// this has the potential to never return the last line if
// it's not followed by a newline; seems a fair trade here
err := tail.seekTo(SeekInfo{Offset: offset, Whence: 0})
if err != nil {
tail.Kill(err)
return
}
}
// When EOF is reached, wait for more data to become
// available. Wait strategy is based on the `tail.watcher`
// implementation (inotify or polling).
err := tail.waitForChanges()
if err != nil {
if err != ErrStop {
tail.Kill(err)
}
return
}
} else {
// non-EOF error
tail.Killf("Error reading %s: %s", tail.Filename, err)
return
}
select {
case <-tail.Dying():
return
default:
}
}
}
// waitForChanges waits until the file has been appended, deleted,
// moved or truncated. When moved or deleted - the file will be
// reopened if ReOpen is true. Truncated files are always reopened.
func (tail *Tail) waitForChanges() error {
if tail.changes == nil {
st, err := tail.file.Stat()
if err != nil {
return err
}
tail.changes = tail.watcher.ChangeEvents(&tail.Tomb, st)
}
select {
case <-tail.changes.Modified:
return nil
case <-tail.changes.Deleted:
tail.changes = nil
if tail.ReOpen {
// XXX: we must not log from a library.
tail.Logger.Printf("Re-opening moved/deleted file %s ...", tail.Filename)
if err := tail.reopen(); err != nil {
return err
}
tail.Logger.Printf("Successfully reopened %s", tail.Filename)
tail.openReader()
return nil
} else {
tail.Logger.Printf("Stopping tail as file no longer exists: %s", tail.Filename)
return ErrStop
}
case <-tail.changes.Truncated:
// Always reopen truncated files (Follow is true)
tail.Logger.Printf("Re-opening truncated file %s ...", tail.Filename)
if err := tail.reopen(); err != nil {
return err
}
tail.Logger.Printf("Successfully reopened truncated %s", tail.Filename)
tail.openReader()
return nil
case <-tail.Dying():
return ErrStop
}
panic("unreachable")
}
func (tail *Tail) openReader() {
if tail.MaxLineSize > 0 {
// add 2 to account for newline characters
tail.reader = bufio.NewReaderSize(tail.file, tail.MaxLineSize+2)
} else {
tail.reader = bufio.NewReader(tail.file)
}
}
func (tail *Tail) seekEnd() error {
return tail.seekTo(SeekInfo{Offset: 0, Whence: 2})
}
func (tail *Tail) seekTo(pos SeekInfo) error {
_, err := tail.file.Seek(pos.Offset, pos.Whence)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("Seek error on %s: %s", tail.Filename, err)
}
// Reset the read buffer whenever the file is re-seek'ed
tail.reader.Reset(tail.file)
return nil
}
// sendLine sends the line(s) to Lines channel, splitting longer lines
// if necessary. Return false if rate limit is reached.
func (tail *Tail) sendLine(line string) bool {
now := time.Now()
lines := []string{line}
// Split longer lines
if tail.MaxLineSize > 0 && len(line) > tail.MaxLineSize {
lines = util.PartitionString(line, tail.MaxLineSize)
}
for _, line := range lines {
tail.Lines <- &Line{line, now, nil}
}
if tail.Config.RateLimiter != nil {
ok := tail.Config.RateLimiter.Pour(uint16(len(lines)))
if !ok {
tail.Logger.Printf("Leaky bucket full (%v); entering 1s cooloff period.\n",
tail.Filename)
return false
}
}
return true
}
// Cleanup removes inotify watches added by the tail package. This function is
// meant to be invoked from a process's exit handler. Linux kernel may not
// automatically remove inotify watches after the process exits.
func (tail *Tail) Cleanup() {
if tail.tracker != nil {
tail.tracker.CloseAll()
}
}