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1 /* tail -- output the last part of file(s)
2 Copyright (C) 1989, 90, 91, 1995-2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
3 Foundation, Inc.
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
18 /* Can display any amount of data, unlike the Unix version, which uses
19 a fixed size buffer and therefore can only deliver a limited number
20 of lines.
22 Original version by Paul Rubin <phr@ocf.berkeley.edu>.
23 Extensions by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
24 tail -f for multiple files by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>.
25 inotify back-end by Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org>. */
27 #include <config.h>
29 #include <stdio.h>
30 #include <assert.h>
31 #include <getopt.h>
32 #include <sys/types.h>
33 #include <signal.h>
35 #include "system.h"
36 #include "argmatch.h"
37 #include "c-strtod.h"
38 #include "error.h"
39 #include "fcntl--.h"
40 #include "isapipe.h"
41 #include "posixver.h"
42 #include "quote.h"
43 #include "safe-read.h"
44 #include "stat-time.h"
45 #include "xfreopen.h"
46 #include "xnanosleep.h"
47 #include "xstrtol.h"
48 #include "xstrtod.h"
50 #if HAVE_INOTIFY
51 # include "hash.h"
52 # include <sys/inotify.h>
53 /* `select' is used by tail_forever_inotify. */
54 # include <sys/select.h>
55 #endif
57 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
58 #define PROGRAM_NAME "tail"
60 #define AUTHORS \
61 proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
62 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
63 proper_name ("Ian Lance Taylor"), \
64 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
66 /* Number of items to tail. */
67 #define DEFAULT_N_LINES 10
69 /* Special values for dump_remainder's N_BYTES parameter. */
70 #define COPY_TO_EOF UINTMAX_MAX
71 #define COPY_A_BUFFER (UINTMAX_MAX - 1)
73 /* FIXME: make Follow_name the default? */
74 #define DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE Follow_descriptor
76 enum Follow_mode
78 /* Follow the name of each file: if the file is renamed, try to reopen
79 that name and track the end of the new file if/when it's recreated.
80 This is useful for tracking logs that are occasionally rotated. */
81 Follow_name = 1,
83 /* Follow each descriptor obtained upon opening a file.
84 That means we'll continue to follow the end of a file even after
85 it has been renamed or unlinked. */
86 Follow_descriptor = 2
89 /* The types of files for which tail works. */
90 #define IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE(Mode) \
91 (S_ISREG (Mode) || S_ISFIFO (Mode) || S_ISSOCK (Mode) || S_ISCHR (Mode))
93 static char const *const follow_mode_string[] =
95 "descriptor", "name", NULL
98 static enum Follow_mode const follow_mode_map[] =
100 Follow_descriptor, Follow_name,
103 struct File_spec
105 /* The actual file name, or "-" for stdin. */
106 char *name;
108 /* File descriptor on which the file is open; -1 if it's not open. */
109 int fd;
111 /* Attributes of the file the last time we checked. */
112 off_t size;
113 struct timespec mtime;
114 dev_t dev;
115 ino_t ino;
116 mode_t mode;
118 /* 1 if O_NONBLOCK is clear, 0 if set, -1 if not known. */
119 int blocking;
121 /* The specified name initially referred to a directory or some other
122 type for which tail isn't meaningful. Unlike for a permission problem
123 (tailable, below) once this is set, the name is not checked ever again. */
124 bool ignore;
126 /* See description of DEFAULT_MAX_N_... below. */
127 uintmax_t n_unchanged_stats;
129 /* A file is tailable if it exists, is readable, and is of type
130 IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE. */
131 bool tailable;
133 /* The value of errno seen last time we checked this file. */
134 int errnum;
136 #if HAVE_INOTIFY
137 /* The watch descriptor used by inotify. */
138 int wd;
140 /* The parent directory watch descriptor. It is used only
141 * when Follow_name is used. */
142 int parent_wd;
144 /* Offset in NAME of the basename part. */
145 size_t basename_start;
146 #endif
149 #if HAVE_INOTIFY
150 /* The events mask used with inotify on files. This mask is not used on
151 directories. */
152 const uint32_t inotify_wd_mask = (IN_MODIFY | IN_ATTRIB | IN_DELETE_SELF
153 | IN_MOVE_SELF);
154 #endif
156 /* Keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessible when tail starts
157 or if it becomes inaccessible later -- useful only with -f. */
158 static bool reopen_inaccessible_files;
160 /* If true, interpret the numeric argument as the number of lines.
161 Otherwise, interpret it as the number of bytes. */
162 static bool count_lines;
164 /* Whether we follow the name of each file or the file descriptor
165 that is initially associated with each name. */
166 static enum Follow_mode follow_mode = Follow_descriptor;
168 /* If true, read from the ends of all specified files until killed. */
169 static bool forever;
171 /* If true, count from start of file instead of end. */
172 static bool from_start;
174 /* If true, print filename headers. */
175 static bool print_headers;
177 /* When to print the filename banners. */
178 enum header_mode
180 multiple_files, always, never
183 /* When tailing a file by name, if there have been this many consecutive
184 iterations for which the file has not changed, then open/fstat
185 the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the
186 same device/inode-number pair as before. This option is meaningful only
187 when following by name. --max-unchanged-stats=N */
188 #define DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS 5
189 static uintmax_t max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens =
190 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS;
192 /* The process ID of the process (presumably on the current host)
193 that is writing to all followed files. */
194 static pid_t pid;
196 /* True if we have ever read standard input. */
197 static bool have_read_stdin;
199 /* If nonzero, skip the is-regular-file test used to determine whether
200 to use the lseek optimization. Instead, use the more general (and
201 more expensive) code unconditionally. Intended solely for testing. */
202 static bool presume_input_pipe;
204 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
205 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
206 enum
208 RETRY_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
209 MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION,
210 PID_OPTION,
211 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION,
212 LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION
215 static struct option const long_options[] =
217 {"bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'c'},
218 {"follow", optional_argument, NULL, LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION},
219 {"lines", required_argument, NULL, 'n'},
220 {"max-unchanged-stats", required_argument, NULL, MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION},
221 {"pid", required_argument, NULL, PID_OPTION},
222 {"-presume-input-pipe", no_argument, NULL,
223 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION}, /* do not document */
224 {"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
225 {"retry", no_argument, NULL, RETRY_OPTION},
226 {"silent", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
227 {"sleep-interval", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
228 {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
229 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
230 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
231 {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
234 void
235 usage (int status)
237 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
238 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
239 program_name);
240 else
242 printf (_("\
243 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
245 program_name);
246 printf (_("\
247 Print the last %d lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\
248 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\
249 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
251 "), DEFAULT_N_LINES);
252 fputs (_("\
253 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
254 "), stdout);
255 fputs (_("\
256 -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use +K to\n\
257 output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
258 "), stdout);
259 fputs (_("\
260 -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
261 output appended data as the file grows;\n\
262 -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\
263 equivalent\n\
264 -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\
265 "), stdout);
266 printf (_("\
267 -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
268 or use +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
269 --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
270 with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
271 changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\
272 to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\
273 (this is the usual case of rotated log files)\n\
275 DEFAULT_N_LINES,
276 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
278 fputs (_("\
279 --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\
280 -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\
281 --retry keep trying to open a file even when it is or\n\
282 becomes inaccessible; useful when following by\n\
283 name, i.e., with --follow=name\n\
284 "), stdout);
285 fputs (_("\
286 -s, --sleep-interval=S with -f, sleep for approximately S seconds\n\
287 (default 1.0) between iterations\n\
288 -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\
289 "), stdout);
290 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
291 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
292 fputs (_("\
294 If the first character of K (the number of bytes or lines) is a `+',\n\
295 print beginning with the Kth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\
296 print the last K items in the file. K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\
297 b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\
298 GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
300 "), stdout);
301 fputs (_("\
302 With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\
303 means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\
304 its end. \
305 "), stdout);
306 fputs (_("\
307 This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\
308 track the actual name of the file, not the file descriptor (e.g., log\n\
309 rotation). Use --follow=name in that case. That causes tail to track the\n\
310 named file by reopening it periodically to see if it has been removed and\n\
311 recreated by some other program.\n\
312 "), stdout);
313 emit_bug_reporting_address ();
315 exit (status);
318 static bool
319 valid_file_spec (struct File_spec const *f)
321 /* Exactly one of the following subexpressions must be true. */
322 return ((f->fd == -1) ^ (f->errnum == 0));
325 static char const *
326 pretty_name (struct File_spec const *f)
328 return (STREQ (f->name, "-") ? _("standard input") : f->name);
331 static void
332 xwrite_stdout (char const *buffer, size_t n_bytes)
334 if (n_bytes > 0 && fwrite (buffer, 1, n_bytes, stdout) == 0)
335 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
338 /* Record a file F with descriptor FD, size SIZE, status ST, and
339 blocking status BLOCKING. */
341 static void
342 record_open_fd (struct File_spec *f, int fd,
343 off_t size, struct stat const *st,
344 int blocking)
346 f->fd = fd;
347 f->size = size;
348 f->mtime = get_stat_mtime (st);
349 f->dev = st->st_dev;
350 f->ino = st->st_ino;
351 f->mode = st->st_mode;
352 f->blocking = blocking;
353 f->n_unchanged_stats = 0;
354 f->ignore = 0;
357 /* Close the file with descriptor FD and name FILENAME. */
359 static void
360 close_fd (int fd, const char *filename)
362 if (fd != -1 && fd != STDIN_FILENO && close (fd))
364 error (0, errno, _("closing %s (fd=%d)"), filename, fd);
368 static void
369 write_header (const char *pretty_filename)
371 static bool first_file = true;
373 printf ("%s==> %s <==\n", (first_file ? "" : "\n"), pretty_filename);
374 first_file = false;
377 /* Read and output N_BYTES of file PRETTY_FILENAME starting at the current
378 position in FD. If N_BYTES is COPY_TO_EOF, then copy until end of file.
379 If N_BYTES is COPY_A_BUFFER, then copy at most one buffer's worth.
380 Return the number of bytes read from the file. */
382 static uintmax_t
383 dump_remainder (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes)
385 uintmax_t n_written;
386 uintmax_t n_remaining = n_bytes;
388 n_written = 0;
389 while (1)
391 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
392 size_t n = MIN (n_remaining, BUFSIZ);
393 size_t bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, n);
394 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
396 if (errno != EAGAIN)
397 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("error reading %s"),
398 quote (pretty_filename));
399 break;
401 if (bytes_read == 0)
402 break;
403 xwrite_stdout (buffer, bytes_read);
404 n_written += bytes_read;
405 if (n_bytes != COPY_TO_EOF)
407 n_remaining -= bytes_read;
408 if (n_remaining == 0 || n_bytes == COPY_A_BUFFER)
409 break;
413 return n_written;
416 /* Call lseek with the specified arguments, where file descriptor FD
417 corresponds to the file, FILENAME.
418 Give a diagnostic and exit nonzero if lseek fails.
419 Otherwise, return the resulting offset. */
421 static off_t
422 xlseek (int fd, off_t offset, int whence, char const *filename)
424 off_t new_offset = lseek (fd, offset, whence);
425 char buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (off_t)];
426 char *s;
428 if (0 <= new_offset)
429 return new_offset;
431 s = offtostr (offset, buf);
432 switch (whence)
434 case SEEK_SET:
435 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot seek to offset %s"),
436 filename, s);
437 break;
438 case SEEK_CUR:
439 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot seek to relative offset %s"),
440 filename, s);
441 break;
442 case SEEK_END:
443 error (0, errno, _("%s: cannot seek to end-relative offset %s"),
444 filename, s);
445 break;
446 default:
447 abort ();
450 exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
453 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of file FD.
454 Go backward through the file, reading `BUFSIZ' bytes at a time (except
455 probably the first), until we hit the start of the file or have
456 read NUMBER newlines.
457 START_POS is the starting position of the read pointer for the file
458 associated with FD (may be nonzero).
459 END_POS is the file offset of EOF (one larger than offset of last byte).
460 Return true if successful. */
462 static bool
463 file_lines (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_lines,
464 off_t start_pos, off_t end_pos, uintmax_t *read_pos)
466 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
467 size_t bytes_read;
468 off_t pos = end_pos;
470 if (n_lines == 0)
471 return true;
473 /* Set `bytes_read' to the size of the last, probably partial, buffer;
474 0 < `bytes_read' <= `BUFSIZ'. */
475 bytes_read = (pos - start_pos) % BUFSIZ;
476 if (bytes_read == 0)
477 bytes_read = BUFSIZ;
478 /* Make `pos' a multiple of `BUFSIZ' (0 if the file is short), so that all
479 reads will be on block boundaries, which might increase efficiency. */
480 pos -= bytes_read;
481 xlseek (fd, pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
482 bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, bytes_read);
483 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
485 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
486 return false;
488 *read_pos = pos + bytes_read;
490 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
491 if (bytes_read && buffer[bytes_read - 1] != '\n')
492 --n_lines;
496 /* Scan backward, counting the newlines in this bufferfull. */
498 size_t n = bytes_read;
499 while (n)
501 char const *nl;
502 nl = memrchr (buffer, '\n', n);
503 if (nl == NULL)
504 break;
505 n = nl - buffer;
506 if (n_lines-- == 0)
508 /* If this newline isn't the last character in the buffer,
509 output the part that is after it. */
510 if (n != bytes_read - 1)
511 xwrite_stdout (nl + 1, bytes_read - (n + 1));
512 *read_pos += dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd,
513 end_pos - (pos + bytes_read));
514 return true;
518 /* Not enough newlines in that bufferfull. */
519 if (pos == start_pos)
521 /* Not enough lines in the file; print everything from
522 start_pos to the end. */
523 xlseek (fd, start_pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
524 *read_pos = start_pos + dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd,
525 end_pos);
526 return true;
528 pos -= BUFSIZ;
529 xlseek (fd, pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
531 bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
532 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
534 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
535 return false;
538 *read_pos = pos + bytes_read;
540 while (bytes_read > 0);
542 return true;
545 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of the standard input,
546 open for reading as pipe FD.
547 Buffer the text as a linked list of LBUFFERs, adding them as needed.
548 Return true if successful. */
550 static bool
551 pipe_lines (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_lines,
552 uintmax_t *read_pos)
554 struct linebuffer
556 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
557 size_t nbytes;
558 size_t nlines;
559 struct linebuffer *next;
561 typedef struct linebuffer LBUFFER;
562 LBUFFER *first, *last, *tmp;
563 size_t total_lines = 0; /* Total number of newlines in all buffers. */
564 bool ok = true;
565 size_t n_read; /* Size in bytes of most recent read */
567 first = last = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
568 first->nbytes = first->nlines = 0;
569 first->next = NULL;
570 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
572 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
573 while (1)
575 n_read = safe_read (fd, tmp->buffer, BUFSIZ);
576 if (n_read == 0 || n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
577 break;
578 tmp->nbytes = n_read;
579 *read_pos += n_read;
580 tmp->nlines = 0;
581 tmp->next = NULL;
583 /* Count the number of newlines just read. */
585 char const *buffer_end = tmp->buffer + n_read;
586 char const *p = tmp->buffer;
587 while ((p = memchr (p, '\n', buffer_end - p)))
589 ++p;
590 ++tmp->nlines;
593 total_lines += tmp->nlines;
595 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
596 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `n_read' can
597 often be very small. */
598 if (tmp->nbytes + last->nbytes < BUFSIZ)
600 memcpy (&last->buffer[last->nbytes], tmp->buffer, tmp->nbytes);
601 last->nbytes += tmp->nbytes;
602 last->nlines += tmp->nlines;
604 else
606 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
607 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
608 read if that would leave enough lines, or else malloc a new one.
609 Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
610 worthwhile. */
611 last = last->next = tmp;
612 if (total_lines - first->nlines > n_lines)
614 tmp = first;
615 total_lines -= first->nlines;
616 first = first->next;
618 else
619 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER));
623 free (tmp);
625 if (n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
627 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
628 ok = false;
629 goto free_lbuffers;
632 /* If the file is empty, then bail out. */
633 if (last->nbytes == 0)
634 goto free_lbuffers;
636 /* This prevents a core dump when the pipe contains no newlines. */
637 if (n_lines == 0)
638 goto free_lbuffers;
640 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
641 if (last->buffer[last->nbytes - 1] != '\n')
643 ++last->nlines;
644 ++total_lines;
647 /* Run through the list, printing lines. First, skip over unneeded
648 buffers. */
649 for (tmp = first; total_lines - tmp->nlines > n_lines; tmp = tmp->next)
650 total_lines -= tmp->nlines;
652 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file. */
654 char const *beg = tmp->buffer;
655 char const *buffer_end = tmp->buffer + tmp->nbytes;
656 if (total_lines > n_lines)
658 /* Skip `total_lines' - `n_lines' newlines. We made sure that
659 `total_lines' - `n_lines' <= `tmp->nlines'. */
660 size_t j;
661 for (j = total_lines - n_lines; j; --j)
663 beg = memchr (beg, '\n', buffer_end - beg);
664 assert (beg);
665 ++beg;
669 xwrite_stdout (beg, buffer_end - beg);
672 for (tmp = tmp->next; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
673 xwrite_stdout (tmp->buffer, tmp->nbytes);
675 free_lbuffers:
676 while (first)
678 tmp = first->next;
679 free (first);
680 first = tmp;
682 return ok;
685 /* Print the last N_BYTES characters from the end of pipe FD.
686 This is a stripped down version of pipe_lines.
687 Return true if successful. */
689 static bool
690 pipe_bytes (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes,
691 uintmax_t *read_pos)
693 struct charbuffer
695 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
696 size_t nbytes;
697 struct charbuffer *next;
699 typedef struct charbuffer CBUFFER;
700 CBUFFER *first, *last, *tmp;
701 size_t i; /* Index into buffers. */
702 size_t total_bytes = 0; /* Total characters in all buffers. */
703 bool ok = true;
704 size_t n_read;
706 first = last = xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER));
707 first->nbytes = 0;
708 first->next = NULL;
709 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER));
711 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
712 while (1)
714 n_read = safe_read (fd, tmp->buffer, BUFSIZ);
715 if (n_read == 0 || n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
716 break;
717 *read_pos += n_read;
718 tmp->nbytes = n_read;
719 tmp->next = NULL;
721 total_bytes += tmp->nbytes;
722 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
723 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `nbytes' can
724 often be very small. */
725 if (tmp->nbytes + last->nbytes < BUFSIZ)
727 memcpy (&last->buffer[last->nbytes], tmp->buffer, tmp->nbytes);
728 last->nbytes += tmp->nbytes;
730 else
732 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
733 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
734 read if that would leave enough characters, or else malloc a new
735 one. Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
736 worthwhile. */
737 last = last->next = tmp;
738 if (total_bytes - first->nbytes > n_bytes)
740 tmp = first;
741 total_bytes -= first->nbytes;
742 first = first->next;
744 else
746 tmp = xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER));
751 free (tmp);
753 if (n_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
755 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
756 ok = false;
757 goto free_cbuffers;
760 /* Run through the list, printing characters. First, skip over unneeded
761 buffers. */
762 for (tmp = first; total_bytes - tmp->nbytes > n_bytes; tmp = tmp->next)
763 total_bytes -= tmp->nbytes;
765 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file.
766 We made sure that `total_bytes' - `n_bytes' <= `tmp->nbytes'. */
767 if (total_bytes > n_bytes)
768 i = total_bytes - n_bytes;
769 else
770 i = 0;
771 xwrite_stdout (&tmp->buffer[i], tmp->nbytes - i);
773 for (tmp = tmp->next; tmp; tmp = tmp->next)
774 xwrite_stdout (tmp->buffer, tmp->nbytes);
776 free_cbuffers:
777 while (first)
779 tmp = first->next;
780 free (first);
781 first = tmp;
783 return ok;
786 /* Skip N_BYTES characters from the start of pipe FD, and print
787 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
788 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
790 static int
791 start_bytes (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes,
792 uintmax_t *read_pos)
794 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
796 while (0 < n_bytes)
798 size_t bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
799 if (bytes_read == 0)
800 return -1;
801 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
803 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
804 return 1;
806 read_pos += bytes_read;
807 if (bytes_read <= n_bytes)
808 n_bytes -= bytes_read;
809 else
811 size_t n_remaining = bytes_read - n_bytes;
812 if (n_remaining)
813 xwrite_stdout (&buffer[n_bytes], n_remaining);
814 break;
818 return 0;
821 /* Skip N_LINES lines at the start of file or pipe FD, and print
822 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
823 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
825 static int
826 start_lines (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_lines,
827 uintmax_t *read_pos)
829 if (n_lines == 0)
830 return 0;
832 while (1)
834 char buffer[BUFSIZ];
835 char *p = buffer;
836 size_t bytes_read = safe_read (fd, buffer, BUFSIZ);
837 char *buffer_end = buffer + bytes_read;
838 if (bytes_read == 0) /* EOF */
839 return -1;
840 if (bytes_read == SAFE_READ_ERROR) /* error */
842 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
843 return 1;
846 *read_pos += bytes_read;
848 while ((p = memchr (p, '\n', buffer_end - p)))
850 ++p;
851 if (--n_lines == 0)
853 if (p < buffer_end)
854 xwrite_stdout (p, buffer_end - p);
855 return 0;
861 /* FIXME: describe */
863 static void
864 recheck (struct File_spec *f, bool blocking)
866 /* open/fstat the file and announce if dev/ino have changed */
867 struct stat new_stats;
868 bool ok = true;
869 bool is_stdin = (STREQ (f->name, "-"));
870 bool was_tailable = f->tailable;
871 int prev_errnum = f->errnum;
872 bool new_file;
873 int fd = (is_stdin
874 ? STDIN_FILENO
875 : open (f->name, O_RDONLY | (blocking ? 0 : O_NONBLOCK)));
877 assert (valid_file_spec (f));
879 /* If the open fails because the file doesn't exist,
880 then mark the file as not tailable. */
881 f->tailable = !(reopen_inaccessible_files && fd == -1);
883 if (fd == -1 || fstat (fd, &new_stats) < 0)
885 ok = false;
886 f->errnum = errno;
887 if (!f->tailable)
889 if (was_tailable)
891 /* FIXME-maybe: detect the case in which the file first becomes
892 unreadable (perms), and later becomes readable again and can
893 be seen to be the same file (dev/ino). Otherwise, tail prints
894 the entire contents of the file when it becomes readable. */
895 error (0, f->errnum, _("%s has become inaccessible"),
896 quote (pretty_name (f)));
898 else
900 /* say nothing... it's still not tailable */
903 else if (prev_errnum != errno)
905 error (0, errno, "%s", pretty_name (f));
908 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (new_stats.st_mode))
910 ok = false;
911 f->errnum = -1;
912 error (0, 0, _("%s has been replaced with an untailable file;\
913 giving up on this name"),
914 quote (pretty_name (f)));
915 f->ignore = true;
917 else
919 f->errnum = 0;
922 new_file = false;
923 if (!ok)
925 close_fd (fd, pretty_name (f));
926 close_fd (f->fd, pretty_name (f));
927 f->fd = -1;
929 else if (prev_errnum && prev_errnum != ENOENT)
931 new_file = true;
932 assert (f->fd == -1);
933 error (0, 0, _("%s has become accessible"), quote (pretty_name (f)));
935 else if (f->ino != new_stats.st_ino || f->dev != new_stats.st_dev)
937 new_file = true;
938 if (f->fd == -1)
940 error (0, 0,
941 _("%s has appeared; following end of new file"),
942 quote (pretty_name (f)));
944 else
946 /* Close the old one. */
947 close_fd (f->fd, pretty_name (f));
949 /* File has been replaced (e.g., via log rotation) --
950 tail the new one. */
951 error (0, 0,
952 _("%s has been replaced; following end of new file"),
953 quote (pretty_name (f)));
956 else
958 if (f->fd == -1)
960 /* This happens when one iteration finds the file missing,
961 then the preceding <dev,inode> pair is reused as the
962 file is recreated. */
963 new_file = true;
965 else
967 close_fd (fd, pretty_name (f));
971 if (new_file)
973 /* Start at the beginning of the file. */
974 record_open_fd (f, fd, 0, &new_stats, (is_stdin ? -1 : blocking));
975 xlseek (fd, 0, SEEK_SET, pretty_name (f));
979 /* Return true if any of the N_FILES files in F are live, i.e., have
980 open file descriptors. */
982 static bool
983 any_live_files (const struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files)
985 size_t i;
987 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
988 if (0 <= f[i].fd)
989 return true;
990 return false;
993 /* Tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
994 The pertinent information for each file is stored in an entry of F.
995 Loop over each of them, doing an fstat to see if they have changed size,
996 and an occasional open/fstat to see if any dev/ino pair has changed.
997 If none of them have changed size in one iteration, sleep for a
998 while and try again. Continue until the user interrupts us. */
1000 static void
1001 tail_forever (struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, double sleep_interval)
1003 /* Use blocking I/O as an optimization, when it's easy. */
1004 bool blocking = (pid == 0 && follow_mode == Follow_descriptor
1005 && n_files == 1 && ! S_ISREG (f[0].mode));
1006 size_t last;
1007 bool writer_is_dead = false;
1009 last = n_files - 1;
1011 while (1)
1013 size_t i;
1014 bool any_input = false;
1016 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1018 int fd;
1019 char const *name;
1020 mode_t mode;
1021 struct stat stats;
1022 uintmax_t bytes_read;
1024 if (f[i].ignore)
1025 continue;
1027 if (f[i].fd < 0)
1029 recheck (&f[i], blocking);
1030 continue;
1033 fd = f[i].fd;
1034 name = pretty_name (&f[i]);
1035 mode = f[i].mode;
1037 if (f[i].blocking != blocking)
1039 int old_flags = fcntl (fd, F_GETFL);
1040 int new_flags = old_flags | (blocking ? 0 : O_NONBLOCK);
1041 if (old_flags < 0
1042 || (new_flags != old_flags
1043 && fcntl (fd, F_SETFL, new_flags) == -1))
1045 /* Don't update f[i].blocking if fcntl fails. */
1046 if (S_ISREG (f[i].mode) && errno == EPERM)
1048 /* This happens when using tail -f on a file with
1049 the append-only attribute. */
1051 else
1052 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno,
1053 _("%s: cannot change nonblocking mode"), name);
1055 else
1056 f[i].blocking = blocking;
1059 if (!f[i].blocking)
1061 if (fstat (fd, &stats) != 0)
1063 f[i].fd = -1;
1064 f[i].errnum = errno;
1065 error (0, errno, "%s", name);
1066 continue;
1069 if (f[i].mode == stats.st_mode
1070 && (! S_ISREG (stats.st_mode) || f[i].size == stats.st_size)
1071 && timespec_cmp (f[i].mtime, get_stat_mtime (&stats)) == 0)
1073 if ((max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
1074 <= f[i].n_unchanged_stats++)
1075 && follow_mode == Follow_name)
1077 recheck (&f[i], f[i].blocking);
1078 f[i].n_unchanged_stats = 0;
1080 continue;
1083 /* This file has changed. Print out what we can, and
1084 then keep looping. */
1086 f[i].mtime = get_stat_mtime (&stats);
1087 f[i].mode = stats.st_mode;
1089 /* reset counter */
1090 f[i].n_unchanged_stats = 0;
1092 if (S_ISREG (mode) && stats.st_size < f[i].size)
1094 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name);
1095 last = i;
1096 xlseek (fd, stats.st_size, SEEK_SET, name);
1097 f[i].size = stats.st_size;
1098 continue;
1101 if (i != last)
1103 if (print_headers)
1104 write_header (name);
1105 last = i;
1109 bytes_read = dump_remainder (name, fd,
1110 (f[i].blocking
1111 ? COPY_A_BUFFER : COPY_TO_EOF));
1112 any_input |= (bytes_read != 0);
1113 f[i].size += bytes_read;
1116 if (! any_live_files (f, n_files) && ! reopen_inaccessible_files)
1118 error (0, 0, _("no files remaining"));
1119 break;
1122 if ((!any_input | blocking) && fflush (stdout) != 0)
1123 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
1125 /* If nothing was read, sleep and/or check for dead writers. */
1126 if (!any_input)
1128 if (writer_is_dead)
1129 break;
1131 if (xnanosleep (sleep_interval))
1132 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("cannot read realtime clock"));
1134 /* Once the writer is dead, read the files once more to
1135 avoid a race condition. */
1136 writer_is_dead = (pid != 0
1137 && kill (pid, 0) != 0
1138 /* Handle the case in which you cannot send a
1139 signal to the writer, so kill fails and sets
1140 errno to EPERM. */
1141 && errno != EPERM);
1146 #if HAVE_INOTIFY
1148 static size_t
1149 wd_hasher (const void *entry, size_t tabsize)
1151 const struct File_spec *spec = entry;
1152 return spec->wd % tabsize;
1155 static bool
1156 wd_comparator (const void *e1, const void *e2)
1158 const struct File_spec *spec1 = e1;
1159 const struct File_spec *spec2 = e2;
1160 return spec1->wd == spec2->wd;
1163 /* Tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
1164 Check modifications using the inotify events system. */
1166 static void
1167 tail_forever_inotify (int wd, struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files,
1168 double sleep_interval)
1170 size_t i;
1171 unsigned int max_realloc = 3;
1172 Hash_table *wd_table;
1174 bool found_watchable = false;
1175 int prev_wd;
1176 size_t evlen = 0;
1177 char *evbuf;
1178 size_t evbuf_off = 0;
1179 size_t len = 0;
1181 wd_table = hash_initialize (n_files, NULL, wd_hasher, wd_comparator, NULL);
1182 if (! wd_table)
1183 xalloc_die ();
1185 /* Add an inotify watch for each watched file. If -F is specified then watch
1186 its parent directory too, in this way when they re-appear we can add them
1187 again to the watch list. */
1188 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1190 if (!f[i].ignore)
1192 size_t fnlen = strlen (f[i].name);
1193 if (evlen < fnlen)
1194 evlen = fnlen;
1196 f[i].wd = -1;
1198 if (follow_mode == Follow_name)
1200 size_t dirlen = dir_len (f[i].name);
1201 char prev = f[i].name[dirlen];
1202 f[i].basename_start = last_component (f[i].name) - f[i].name;
1204 f[i].name[dirlen] = '\0';
1206 /* It's fine to add the same directory more than once.
1207 In that case the same watch descriptor is returned. */
1208 f[i].parent_wd = inotify_add_watch (wd, dirlen ? f[i].name : ".",
1209 (IN_CREATE | IN_MOVED_TO
1210 | IN_ATTRIB));
1212 f[i].name[dirlen] = prev;
1214 if (f[i].parent_wd < 0)
1216 error (0, errno, _("cannot watch parent directory of %s"),
1217 quote (f[i].name));
1218 continue;
1222 f[i].wd = inotify_add_watch (wd, f[i].name, inotify_wd_mask);
1224 if (f[i].wd < 0)
1226 if (errno != f[i].errnum)
1227 error (0, errno, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f[i].name));
1228 continue;
1231 if (hash_insert (wd_table, &(f[i])) == NULL)
1232 xalloc_die ();
1234 found_watchable = true;
1238 if (follow_mode == Follow_descriptor && !found_watchable)
1239 return;
1241 prev_wd = f[n_files - 1].wd;
1243 evlen += sizeof (struct inotify_event) + 1;
1244 evbuf = xmalloc (evlen);
1246 /* Wait for inotify events and handle them. Events on directories make sure
1247 that watched files can be re-added when -F is used.
1248 This loop sleeps on the `safe_read' call until a new event is notified. */
1249 while (1)
1251 char const *name;
1252 struct File_spec *fspec;
1253 uintmax_t bytes_read;
1254 struct stat stats;
1256 struct inotify_event *ev;
1258 /* When watching a PID, ensure that a read from WD will not block
1259 indefinetely. */
1260 if (pid)
1262 fd_set rfd;
1263 struct timeval select_timeout;
1264 int n_descriptors;
1266 FD_ZERO (&rfd);
1267 FD_SET (wd, &rfd);
1269 select_timeout.tv_sec = (time_t) sleep_interval;
1270 select_timeout.tv_usec = 1000000 * (sleep_interval
1271 - select_timeout.tv_sec);
1273 n_descriptors = select (wd + 1, &rfd, NULL, NULL, &select_timeout);
1275 if (n_descriptors == -1)
1276 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("error monitoring inotify event"));
1278 if (n_descriptors == 0)
1280 /* See if the process we are monitoring is still alive. */
1281 if (kill (pid, 0) != 0 && errno != EPERM)
1282 exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
1284 continue;
1288 if (len <= evbuf_off)
1290 len = safe_read (wd, evbuf, evlen);
1291 evbuf_off = 0;
1293 /* For kernels prior to 2.6.21, read returns 0 when the buffer
1294 is too small. */
1295 if ((len == 0 || (len == SAFE_READ_ERROR && errno == EINVAL))
1296 && max_realloc--)
1298 len = 0;
1299 evlen *= 2;
1300 evbuf = xrealloc (evbuf, evlen);
1301 continue;
1304 if (len == 0 || len == SAFE_READ_ERROR)
1305 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("error reading inotify event"));
1308 ev = (struct inotify_event *) (evbuf + evbuf_off);
1309 evbuf_off += sizeof (*ev) + ev->len;
1311 if (ev->len)
1313 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1315 /* With N=hundreds of frequently-changing files, this O(N^2)
1316 process might be a problem. FIXME: use a hash table? */
1317 if (f[i].parent_wd == ev->wd
1318 && STREQ (ev->name, f[i].name + f[i].basename_start))
1319 break;
1322 /* It is not a watched file. */
1323 if (i == n_files)
1324 continue;
1326 f[i].wd = inotify_add_watch (wd, f[i].name, inotify_wd_mask);
1328 if (f[i].wd < 0)
1330 error (0, errno, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f[i].name));
1331 continue;
1334 fspec = &(f[i]);
1335 if (hash_insert (wd_table, fspec) == NULL)
1336 xalloc_die ();
1338 if (follow_mode == Follow_name)
1339 recheck (&(f[i]), false);
1341 else
1343 struct File_spec key;
1344 key.wd = ev->wd;
1345 fspec = hash_lookup (wd_table, &key);
1348 if (! fspec)
1349 continue;
1351 if (ev->mask & (IN_ATTRIB | IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF))
1353 if (ev->mask & (IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF))
1355 inotify_rm_watch (wd, f[i].wd);
1356 hash_delete (wd_table, &(f[i]));
1358 if (follow_mode == Follow_name)
1359 recheck (fspec, false);
1361 continue;
1364 name = pretty_name (fspec);
1366 if (fstat (fspec->fd, &stats) != 0)
1368 close_fd (fspec->fd, name);
1369 fspec->fd = -1;
1370 fspec->errnum = errno;
1371 continue;
1374 if (S_ISREG (fspec->mode) && stats.st_size < fspec->size)
1376 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name);
1377 prev_wd = ev->wd;
1378 xlseek (fspec->fd, stats.st_size, SEEK_SET, name);
1379 fspec->size = stats.st_size;
1382 if (ev->wd != prev_wd)
1384 if (print_headers)
1385 write_header (name);
1386 prev_wd = ev->wd;
1389 bytes_read = dump_remainder (name, fspec->fd, COPY_TO_EOF);
1390 fspec->size += bytes_read;
1392 if (fflush (stdout) != 0)
1393 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("write error"));
1397 #endif
1399 /* Output the last N_BYTES bytes of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1400 Return true if successful. */
1402 static bool
1403 tail_bytes (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_bytes,
1404 uintmax_t *read_pos)
1406 struct stat stats;
1408 if (fstat (fd, &stats))
1410 error (0, errno, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
1411 return false;
1414 if (from_start)
1416 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1417 && S_ISREG (stats.st_mode) && n_bytes <= OFF_T_MAX)
1419 xlseek (fd, n_bytes, SEEK_CUR, pretty_filename);
1420 *read_pos += n_bytes;
1422 else
1424 int t = start_bytes (pretty_filename, fd, n_bytes, read_pos);
1425 if (t)
1426 return t < 0;
1428 *read_pos += dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd, COPY_TO_EOF);
1430 else
1432 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1433 && S_ISREG (stats.st_mode) && n_bytes <= OFF_T_MAX)
1435 off_t current_pos = xlseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR, pretty_filename);
1436 off_t end_pos = xlseek (fd, 0, SEEK_END, pretty_filename);
1437 off_t diff = end_pos - current_pos;
1438 /* Be careful here. The current position may actually be
1439 beyond the end of the file. */
1440 off_t bytes_remaining = (diff = end_pos - current_pos) < 0 ? 0 : diff;
1441 off_t nb = n_bytes;
1443 if (bytes_remaining <= nb)
1445 /* From the current position to end of file, there are no
1446 more bytes than have been requested. So reposition the
1447 file pointer to the incoming current position and print
1448 everything after that. */
1449 *read_pos = xlseek (fd, current_pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
1451 else
1453 /* There are more bytes remaining than were requested.
1454 Back up. */
1455 *read_pos = xlseek (fd, -nb, SEEK_END, pretty_filename);
1457 *read_pos += dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd, n_bytes);
1459 else
1460 return pipe_bytes (pretty_filename, fd, n_bytes, read_pos);
1462 return true;
1465 /* Output the last N_LINES lines of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1466 Return true if successful. */
1468 static bool
1469 tail_lines (const char *pretty_filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_lines,
1470 uintmax_t *read_pos)
1472 struct stat stats;
1474 if (fstat (fd, &stats))
1476 error (0, errno, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename));
1477 return false;
1480 if (from_start)
1482 int t = start_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines, read_pos);
1483 if (t)
1484 return t < 0;
1485 *read_pos += dump_remainder (pretty_filename, fd, COPY_TO_EOF);
1487 else
1489 off_t start_pos = -1;
1490 off_t end_pos;
1492 /* Use file_lines only if FD refers to a regular file for
1493 which lseek (... SEEK_END) works. */
1494 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1495 && S_ISREG (stats.st_mode)
1496 && (start_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_CUR)) != -1
1497 && start_pos < (end_pos = lseek (fd, 0, SEEK_END)))
1499 *read_pos = end_pos;
1500 if (end_pos != 0
1501 && ! file_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines,
1502 start_pos, end_pos, read_pos))
1503 return false;
1505 else
1507 /* Under very unlikely circumstances, it is possible to reach
1508 this point after positioning the file pointer to end of file
1509 via the `lseek (...SEEK_END)' above. In that case, reposition
1510 the file pointer back to start_pos before calling pipe_lines. */
1511 if (start_pos != -1)
1512 xlseek (fd, start_pos, SEEK_SET, pretty_filename);
1514 return pipe_lines (pretty_filename, fd, n_lines, read_pos);
1517 return true;
1520 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of file FILENAME, open for reading
1521 via FD. Set *READ_POS to the position of the input stream pointer.
1522 *READ_POS is usually the number of bytes read and corresponds to an
1523 offset from the beginning of a file. However, it may be larger than
1524 OFF_T_MAX (as for an input pipe), and may also be larger than the
1525 number of bytes read (when an input pointer is initially not at
1526 beginning of file), and may be far greater than the number of bytes
1527 actually read for an input file that is seekable.
1528 Return true if successful. */
1530 static bool
1531 tail (const char *filename, int fd, uintmax_t n_units,
1532 uintmax_t *read_pos)
1534 *read_pos = 0;
1535 if (count_lines)
1536 return tail_lines (filename, fd, n_units, read_pos);
1537 else
1538 return tail_bytes (filename, fd, n_units, read_pos);
1541 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of the file described by F.
1542 Return true if successful. */
1544 static bool
1545 tail_file (struct File_spec *f, uintmax_t n_units)
1547 int fd;
1548 bool ok;
1550 bool is_stdin = (STREQ (f->name, "-"));
1552 if (is_stdin)
1554 have_read_stdin = true;
1555 fd = STDIN_FILENO;
1556 if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO))
1557 xfreopen (NULL, "rb", stdin);
1559 else
1560 fd = open (f->name, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
1562 f->tailable = !(reopen_inaccessible_files && fd == -1);
1564 if (fd == -1)
1566 if (forever)
1568 f->fd = -1;
1569 f->errnum = errno;
1570 f->ignore = false;
1571 f->ino = 0;
1572 f->dev = 0;
1574 error (0, errno, _("cannot open %s for reading"),
1575 quote (pretty_name (f)));
1576 ok = false;
1578 else
1580 uintmax_t read_pos;
1582 if (print_headers)
1583 write_header (pretty_name (f));
1584 ok = tail (pretty_name (f), fd, n_units, &read_pos);
1585 if (forever)
1587 struct stat stats;
1589 #if TEST_RACE_BETWEEN_FINAL_READ_AND_INITIAL_FSTAT
1590 /* Before the tail function provided `read_pos', there was
1591 a race condition described in the URL below. This sleep
1592 call made the window big enough to exercise the problem. */
1593 sleep (1);
1594 #endif
1595 f->errnum = ok - 1;
1596 if (fstat (fd, &stats) < 0)
1598 ok = false;
1599 f->errnum = errno;
1600 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f)));
1602 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (stats.st_mode))
1604 error (0, 0, _("%s: cannot follow end of this type of file;\
1605 giving up on this name"),
1606 pretty_name (f));
1607 ok = false;
1608 f->errnum = -1;
1609 f->ignore = true;
1612 if (!ok)
1614 close_fd (fd, pretty_name (f));
1615 f->fd = -1;
1617 else
1619 /* Note: we must use read_pos here, not stats.st_size,
1620 to avoid a race condition described by Ken Raeburn:
1621 http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-textutils/2003-05/msg00007.html */
1622 record_open_fd (f, fd, read_pos, &stats, (is_stdin ? -1 : 1));
1625 else
1627 if (!is_stdin && close (fd))
1629 error (0, errno, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f)));
1630 ok = false;
1635 return ok;
1638 /* If obsolete usage is allowed, and the command line arguments are of
1639 the obsolete form and the option string is well-formed, set
1640 *N_UNITS, the globals COUNT_LINES, FOREVER, and FROM_START, and
1641 return true. If the command line arguments are obviously incorrect
1642 (e.g., because obsolete usage is not allowed and the arguments are
1643 incorrect for non-obsolete usage), report an error and exit.
1644 Otherwise, return false and don't modify any parameter or global
1645 variable. */
1647 static bool
1648 parse_obsolete_option (int argc, char * const *argv, uintmax_t *n_units)
1650 const char *p;
1651 const char *n_string;
1652 const char *n_string_end;
1653 bool obsolete_usage;
1654 int default_count = DEFAULT_N_LINES;
1655 bool t_from_start;
1656 bool t_count_lines = true;
1657 bool t_forever = false;
1659 /* With the obsolete form, there is one option string and at most
1660 one file argument. Watch out for "-" and "--", though. */
1661 if (! (argc == 2
1662 || (argc == 3 && ! (argv[2][0] == '-' && argv[2][1]))
1663 || (3 <= argc && argc <= 4 && STREQ (argv[2], "--"))))
1664 return false;
1666 obsolete_usage = (posix2_version () < 200112);
1667 p = argv[1];
1669 switch (*p++)
1671 default:
1672 return false;
1674 case '+':
1675 /* Leading "+" is a file name in the non-obsolete form. */
1676 if (!obsolete_usage)
1677 return false;
1679 t_from_start = true;
1680 break;
1682 case '-':
1683 /* In the non-obsolete form, "-" is standard input and "-c"
1684 requires an option-argument. The obsolete multidigit options
1685 are supported as a GNU extension even when conforming to
1686 POSIX 1003.1-2001, so don't complain about them. */
1687 if (!obsolete_usage && !p[p[0] == 'c'])
1688 return false;
1690 t_from_start = false;
1691 break;
1694 n_string = p;
1695 while (ISDIGIT (*p))
1696 p++;
1697 n_string_end = p;
1699 switch (*p)
1701 case 'b': default_count *= 512; /* Fall through. */
1702 case 'c': t_count_lines = false; /* Fall through. */
1703 case 'l': p++; break;
1706 if (*p == 'f')
1708 t_forever = true;
1709 ++p;
1712 if (*p)
1713 return false;
1715 if (n_string == n_string_end)
1716 *n_units = default_count;
1717 else if ((xstrtoumax (n_string, NULL, 10, n_units, "b")
1718 & ~LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR)
1719 != LONGINT_OK)
1720 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("number in %s is too large"), quote (argv[1]));
1722 /* Set globals. */
1723 from_start = t_from_start;
1724 count_lines = t_count_lines;
1725 forever = t_forever;
1727 return true;
1730 static void
1731 parse_options (int argc, char **argv,
1732 uintmax_t *n_units, enum header_mode *header_mode,
1733 double *sleep_interval)
1735 int c;
1737 while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "c:n:fFqs:v0123456789",
1738 long_options, NULL))
1739 != -1)
1741 switch (c)
1743 case 'F':
1744 forever = true;
1745 follow_mode = Follow_name;
1746 reopen_inaccessible_files = true;
1747 break;
1749 case 'c':
1750 case 'n':
1751 count_lines = (c == 'n');
1752 if (*optarg == '+')
1753 from_start = true;
1754 else if (*optarg == '-')
1755 ++optarg;
1758 strtol_error s_err;
1759 s_err = xstrtoumax (optarg, NULL, 10, n_units, "bkKmMGTPEZY0");
1760 if (s_err != LONGINT_OK)
1762 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", optarg,
1763 (c == 'n'
1764 ? _("invalid number of lines")
1765 : _("invalid number of bytes")));
1768 break;
1770 case 'f':
1771 case LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION:
1772 forever = true;
1773 if (optarg == NULL)
1774 follow_mode = DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE;
1775 else
1776 follow_mode = XARGMATCH ("--follow", optarg,
1777 follow_mode_string, follow_mode_map);
1778 break;
1780 case RETRY_OPTION:
1781 reopen_inaccessible_files = true;
1782 break;
1784 case MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION:
1785 /* --max-unchanged-stats=N */
1786 if (xstrtoumax (optarg, NULL, 10,
1787 &max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens,
1789 != LONGINT_OK)
1791 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
1792 _("%s: invalid maximum number of unchanged stats between opens"),
1793 optarg);
1795 break;
1797 case PID_OPTION:
1799 strtol_error s_err;
1800 unsigned long int tmp_ulong;
1801 s_err = xstrtoul (optarg, NULL, 10, &tmp_ulong, "");
1802 if (s_err != LONGINT_OK || tmp_ulong > PID_T_MAX)
1804 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("%s: invalid PID"), optarg);
1806 pid = tmp_ulong;
1808 break;
1810 case PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION:
1811 presume_input_pipe = true;
1812 break;
1814 case 'q':
1815 *header_mode = never;
1816 break;
1818 case 's':
1820 double s;
1821 if (! (xstrtod (optarg, NULL, &s, c_strtod) && 0 <= s))
1822 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
1823 _("%s: invalid number of seconds"), optarg);
1824 *sleep_interval = s;
1826 break;
1828 case 'v':
1829 *header_mode = always;
1830 break;
1832 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
1834 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
1836 case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
1837 case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
1838 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
1839 _("option used in invalid context -- %c"), c);
1841 default:
1842 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
1846 if (reopen_inaccessible_files && follow_mode != Follow_name)
1847 error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry is useful mainly when following by name"));
1849 if (pid && !forever)
1850 error (0, 0,
1851 _("warning: PID ignored; --pid=PID is useful only when following"));
1852 else if (pid && kill (pid, 0) != 0 && errno == ENOSYS)
1854 error (0, 0, _("warning: --pid=PID is not supported on this system"));
1855 pid = 0;
1860 main (int argc, char **argv)
1862 enum header_mode header_mode = multiple_files;
1863 bool ok = true;
1864 /* If from_start, the number of items to skip before printing; otherwise,
1865 the number of items at the end of the file to print. Although the type
1866 is signed, the value is never negative. */
1867 uintmax_t n_units = DEFAULT_N_LINES;
1868 size_t n_files;
1869 char **file;
1870 struct File_spec *F;
1871 size_t i;
1872 bool obsolete_option;
1874 /* The number of seconds to sleep between iterations.
1875 During one iteration, every file name or descriptor is checked to
1876 see if it has changed. */
1877 double sleep_interval = 1.0;
1879 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
1880 set_program_name (argv[0]);
1881 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
1882 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
1883 textdomain (PACKAGE);
1885 atexit (close_stdout);
1887 have_read_stdin = false;
1889 count_lines = true;
1890 forever = from_start = print_headers = false;
1891 obsolete_option = parse_obsolete_option (argc, argv, &n_units);
1892 argc -= obsolete_option;
1893 argv += obsolete_option;
1894 parse_options (argc, argv, &n_units, &header_mode, &sleep_interval);
1896 /* To start printing with item N_UNITS from the start of the file, skip
1897 N_UNITS - 1 items. `tail -n +0' is actually meaningless, but for Unix
1898 compatibility it's treated the same as `tail -n +1'. */
1899 if (from_start)
1901 if (n_units)
1902 --n_units;
1905 if (optind < argc)
1907 n_files = argc - optind;
1908 file = argv + optind;
1910 else
1912 static char *dummy_stdin = (char *) "-";
1913 n_files = 1;
1914 file = &dummy_stdin;
1916 /* POSIX says that -f is ignored if no file operand is specified
1917 and standard input is a pipe. However, the GNU coding
1918 standards say that program behavior should not depend on
1919 device type, because device independence is an important
1920 principle of the system's design.
1922 Follow the POSIX requirement only if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. */
1924 if (forever && getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT"))
1926 struct stat st;
1927 int is_a_fifo_or_pipe =
1928 (fstat (STDIN_FILENO, &st) != 0 ? -1
1929 : S_ISFIFO (st.st_mode) ? 1
1930 : HAVE_FIFO_PIPES == 1 ? 0
1931 : isapipe (STDIN_FILENO));
1932 if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe < 0)
1933 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("standard input"));
1934 if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe)
1935 forever = false;
1940 bool found_hyphen = false;
1942 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1943 if (STREQ (file[i], "-"))
1944 found_hyphen = true;
1946 /* When following by name, there must be a name. */
1947 if (found_hyphen && follow_mode == Follow_name)
1948 error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("cannot follow %s by name"), quote ("-"));
1950 /* When following forever, warn if any file is `-'.
1951 This is only a warning, since tail's output (before a failing seek,
1952 and that from any non-stdin files) might still be useful. */
1953 if (forever && found_hyphen && isatty (STDIN_FILENO))
1954 error (0, 0, _("warning: following standard input"
1955 " indefinitely is ineffective"));
1958 F = xnmalloc (n_files, sizeof *F);
1959 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1960 F[i].name = file[i];
1962 if (header_mode == always
1963 || (header_mode == multiple_files && n_files > 1))
1964 print_headers = true;
1966 if (O_BINARY && ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
1967 xfreopen (NULL, "wb", stdout);
1969 for (i = 0; i < n_files; i++)
1970 ok &= tail_file (&F[i], n_units);
1972 if (forever)
1974 #if HAVE_INOTIFY
1975 int wd = inotify_init ();
1976 if (wd < 0)
1977 error (0, errno, _("inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling"));
1978 else
1980 tail_forever_inotify (wd, F, n_files, sleep_interval);
1982 /* The only way the above returns is upon failure. */
1983 exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
1985 #endif
1986 tail_forever (F, n_files, sleep_interval);
1989 if (have_read_stdin && close (STDIN_FILENO) < 0)
1990 error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "-");
1991 exit (ok ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);