1 /* tail -- output the last part of file(s)
2 Copyright (C) 1989-1991, 1995-2006, 2008-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Can display any amount of data, unlike the Unix version, which uses
18 a fixed size buffer and therefore can only deliver a limited number
21 Original version by Paul Rubin <phr@ocf.berkeley.edu>.
22 Extensions by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
23 tail -f for multiple files by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>.
24 inotify back-end by Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org>. */
31 #include <sys/types.h>
42 #include "safe-read.h"
43 #include "stat-time.h"
45 #include "xnanosleep.h"
51 # include <sys/inotify.h>
52 /* `select' is used by tail_forever_inotify. */
53 # include <sys/select.h>
55 /* inotify needs to know if a file is local. */
57 # if HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H
58 # include <sys/statfs.h>
64 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
65 #define PROGRAM_NAME "tail"
68 proper_name ("Paul Rubin"), \
69 proper_name ("David MacKenzie"), \
70 proper_name ("Ian Lance Taylor"), \
71 proper_name ("Jim Meyering")
73 /* Number of items to tail. */
74 #define DEFAULT_N_LINES 10
76 /* Special values for dump_remainder's N_BYTES parameter. */
77 #define COPY_TO_EOF UINTMAX_MAX
78 #define COPY_A_BUFFER (UINTMAX_MAX - 1)
80 /* FIXME: make Follow_name the default? */
81 #define DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE Follow_descriptor
85 /* Follow the name of each file: if the file is renamed, try to reopen
86 that name and track the end of the new file if/when it's recreated.
87 This is useful for tracking logs that are occasionally rotated. */
90 /* Follow each descriptor obtained upon opening a file.
91 That means we'll continue to follow the end of a file even after
92 it has been renamed or unlinked. */
96 /* The types of files for which tail works. */
97 #define IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE(Mode) \
98 (S_ISREG (Mode) || S_ISFIFO (Mode) || S_ISSOCK (Mode) || S_ISCHR (Mode))
100 static char const *const follow_mode_string
[] =
102 "descriptor", "name", NULL
105 static enum Follow_mode
const follow_mode_map
[] =
107 Follow_descriptor
, Follow_name
,
112 /* The actual file name, or "-" for stdin. */
115 /* Attributes of the file the last time we checked. */
117 struct timespec mtime
;
122 /* The specified name initially referred to a directory or some other
123 type for which tail isn't meaningful. Unlike for a permission problem
124 (tailable, below) once this is set, the name is not checked ever again. */
127 /* See the description of fremote. */
130 /* A file is tailable if it exists, is readable, and is of type
131 IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE. */
134 /* File descriptor on which the file is open; -1 if it's not open. */
137 /* The value of errno seen last time we checked this file. */
140 /* 1 if O_NONBLOCK is clear, 0 if set, -1 if not known. */
144 /* The watch descriptor used by inotify. */
147 /* The parent directory watch descriptor. It is used only
148 * when Follow_name is used. */
151 /* Offset in NAME of the basename part. */
152 size_t basename_start
;
155 /* See description of DEFAULT_MAX_N_... below. */
156 uintmax_t n_unchanged_stats
;
160 /* The events mask used with inotify on files. This mask is not used on
162 static const uint32_t inotify_wd_mask
= (IN_MODIFY
| IN_ATTRIB
163 | IN_DELETE_SELF
| IN_MOVE_SELF
);
166 /* Keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessible when tail starts
167 or if it becomes inaccessible later -- useful only with -f. */
168 static bool reopen_inaccessible_files
;
170 /* If true, interpret the numeric argument as the number of lines.
171 Otherwise, interpret it as the number of bytes. */
172 static bool count_lines
;
174 /* Whether we follow the name of each file or the file descriptor
175 that is initially associated with each name. */
176 static enum Follow_mode follow_mode
= Follow_descriptor
;
178 /* If true, read from the ends of all specified files until killed. */
181 /* If true, count from start of file instead of end. */
182 static bool from_start
;
184 /* If true, print filename headers. */
185 static bool print_headers
;
187 /* When to print the filename banners. */
190 multiple_files
, always
, never
193 /* When tailing a file by name, if there have been this many consecutive
194 iterations for which the file has not changed, then open/fstat
195 the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the
196 same device/inode-number pair as before. This option is meaningful only
197 when following by name. --max-unchanged-stats=N */
198 #define DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS 5
199 static uintmax_t max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
=
200 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
;
202 /* The process ID of the process (presumably on the current host)
203 that is writing to all followed files. */
206 /* True if we have ever read standard input. */
207 static bool have_read_stdin
;
209 /* If nonzero, skip the is-regular-file test used to determine whether
210 to use the lseek optimization. Instead, use the more general (and
211 more expensive) code unconditionally. Intended solely for testing. */
212 static bool presume_input_pipe
;
214 /* If nonzero then don't use inotify even if available. */
215 static bool disable_inotify
;
217 /* For long options that have no equivalent short option, use a
218 non-character as a pseudo short option, starting with CHAR_MAX + 1. */
221 RETRY_OPTION
= CHAR_MAX
+ 1,
222 MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
,
224 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
,
226 DISABLE_INOTIFY_OPTION
229 static struct option
const long_options
[] =
231 {"bytes", required_argument
, NULL
, 'c'},
232 {"follow", optional_argument
, NULL
, LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION
},
233 {"lines", required_argument
, NULL
, 'n'},
234 {"max-unchanged-stats", required_argument
, NULL
, MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
},
235 {"-disable-inotify", no_argument
, NULL
,
236 DISABLE_INOTIFY_OPTION
}, /* do not document */
237 {"pid", required_argument
, NULL
, PID_OPTION
},
238 {"-presume-input-pipe", no_argument
, NULL
,
239 PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
}, /* do not document */
240 {"quiet", no_argument
, NULL
, 'q'},
241 {"retry", no_argument
, NULL
, RETRY_OPTION
},
242 {"silent", no_argument
, NULL
, 'q'},
243 {"sleep-interval", required_argument
, NULL
, 's'},
244 {"verbose", no_argument
, NULL
, 'v'},
245 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
246 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
253 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
254 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
259 Usage: %s [OPTION]... [FILE]...\n\
263 Print the last %d lines of each FILE to standard output.\n\
264 With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name.\n\
265 With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\
267 "), DEFAULT_N_LINES
);
269 Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\
272 -c, --bytes=K output the last K bytes; alternatively, use -c +K\n\
273 to output bytes starting with the Kth of each file\n\
276 -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]\n\
277 output appended data as the file grows;\n\
278 -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\
280 -F same as --follow=name --retry\n\
283 -n, --lines=K output the last K lines, instead of the last %d;\n\
284 or use -n +K to output lines starting with the Kth\n\
285 --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\
286 with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\
287 changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\
288 to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\
289 (this is the usual case of rotated log files).\n\
290 With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\
293 DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS
296 --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\
297 -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\
298 --retry keep trying to open a file even when it is or\n\
299 becomes inaccessible; useful when following by\n\
300 name, i.e., with --follow=name\n\
303 -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\
304 (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\
305 With inotify and --pid=P, check process P at\n\
306 least once every N seconds.\n\
307 -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\
309 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
310 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
313 If the first character of K (the number of bytes or lines) is a `+',\n\
314 print beginning with the Kth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\
315 print the last K items in the file. K may have a multiplier suffix:\n\
316 b 512, kB 1000, K 1024, MB 1000*1000, M 1024*1024,\n\
317 GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\
321 With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\
322 means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\
323 its end. This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\
324 track the actual name of the file, not the file descriptor (e.g., log\n\
325 rotation). Use --follow=name in that case. That causes tail to track the\n\
326 named file in a way that accommodates renaming, removal and creation.\n\
328 emit_ancillary_info ();
334 valid_file_spec (struct File_spec
const *f
)
336 /* Exactly one of the following subexpressions must be true. */
337 return ((f
->fd
== -1) ^ (f
->errnum
== 0));
341 pretty_name (struct File_spec
const *f
)
343 return (STREQ (f
->name
, "-") ? _("standard input") : f
->name
);
347 xwrite_stdout (char const *buffer
, size_t n_bytes
)
349 if (n_bytes
> 0 && fwrite (buffer
, 1, n_bytes
, stdout
) == 0)
350 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
353 /* Record a file F with descriptor FD, size SIZE, status ST, and
354 blocking status BLOCKING. */
357 record_open_fd (struct File_spec
*f
, int fd
,
358 off_t size
, struct stat
const *st
,
363 f
->mtime
= get_stat_mtime (st
);
366 f
->mode
= st
->st_mode
;
367 f
->blocking
= blocking
;
368 f
->n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
372 /* Close the file with descriptor FD and name FILENAME. */
375 close_fd (int fd
, const char *filename
)
377 if (fd
!= -1 && fd
!= STDIN_FILENO
&& close (fd
))
379 error (0, errno
, _("closing %s (fd=%d)"), filename
, fd
);
384 write_header (const char *pretty_filename
)
386 static bool first_file
= true;
388 printf ("%s==> %s <==\n", (first_file
? "" : "\n"), pretty_filename
);
392 /* Read and output N_BYTES of file PRETTY_FILENAME starting at the current
393 position in FD. If N_BYTES is COPY_TO_EOF, then copy until end of file.
394 If N_BYTES is COPY_A_BUFFER, then copy at most one buffer's worth.
395 Return the number of bytes read from the file. */
398 dump_remainder (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
)
401 uintmax_t n_remaining
= n_bytes
;
407 size_t n
= MIN (n_remaining
, BUFSIZ
);
408 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, n
);
409 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
412 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error reading %s"),
413 quote (pretty_filename
));
418 xwrite_stdout (buffer
, bytes_read
);
419 n_written
+= bytes_read
;
420 if (n_bytes
!= COPY_TO_EOF
)
422 n_remaining
-= bytes_read
;
423 if (n_remaining
== 0 || n_bytes
== COPY_A_BUFFER
)
431 /* Call lseek with the specified arguments, where file descriptor FD
432 corresponds to the file, FILENAME.
433 Give a diagnostic and exit nonzero if lseek fails.
434 Otherwise, return the resulting offset. */
437 xlseek (int fd
, off_t offset
, int whence
, char const *filename
)
439 off_t new_offset
= lseek (fd
, offset
, whence
);
440 char buf
[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (offset
)];
446 s
= offtostr (offset
, buf
);
450 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to offset %s"),
454 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to relative offset %s"),
458 error (0, errno
, _("%s: cannot seek to end-relative offset %s"),
468 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of file FD.
469 Go backward through the file, reading `BUFSIZ' bytes at a time (except
470 probably the first), until we hit the start of the file or have
471 read NUMBER newlines.
472 START_POS is the starting position of the read pointer for the file
473 associated with FD (may be nonzero).
474 END_POS is the file offset of EOF (one larger than offset of last byte).
475 Return true if successful. */
478 file_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
479 off_t start_pos
, off_t end_pos
, uintmax_t *read_pos
)
488 /* Set `bytes_read' to the size of the last, probably partial, buffer;
489 0 < `bytes_read' <= `BUFSIZ'. */
490 bytes_read
= (pos
- start_pos
) % BUFSIZ
;
493 /* Make `pos' a multiple of `BUFSIZ' (0 if the file is short), so that all
494 reads will be on block boundaries, which might increase efficiency. */
496 xlseek (fd
, pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
497 bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, bytes_read
);
498 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
500 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
503 *read_pos
= pos
+ bytes_read
;
505 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
506 if (bytes_read
&& buffer
[bytes_read
- 1] != '\n')
511 /* Scan backward, counting the newlines in this bufferfull. */
513 size_t n
= bytes_read
;
517 nl
= memrchr (buffer
, '\n', n
);
523 /* If this newline isn't the last character in the buffer,
524 output the part that is after it. */
525 if (n
!= bytes_read
- 1)
526 xwrite_stdout (nl
+ 1, bytes_read
- (n
+ 1));
527 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
,
528 end_pos
- (pos
+ bytes_read
));
533 /* Not enough newlines in that bufferfull. */
534 if (pos
== start_pos
)
536 /* Not enough lines in the file; print everything from
537 start_pos to the end. */
538 xlseek (fd
, start_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
539 *read_pos
= start_pos
+ dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
,
544 xlseek (fd
, pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
546 bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
547 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
549 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
553 *read_pos
= pos
+ bytes_read
;
555 while (bytes_read
> 0);
560 /* Print the last N_LINES lines from the end of the standard input,
561 open for reading as pipe FD.
562 Buffer the text as a linked list of LBUFFERs, adding them as needed.
563 Return true if successful. */
566 pipe_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
574 struct linebuffer
*next
;
576 typedef struct linebuffer LBUFFER
;
577 LBUFFER
*first
, *last
, *tmp
;
578 size_t total_lines
= 0; /* Total number of newlines in all buffers. */
580 size_t n_read
; /* Size in bytes of most recent read */
582 first
= last
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
583 first
->nbytes
= first
->nlines
= 0;
585 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
587 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
590 n_read
= safe_read (fd
, tmp
->buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
591 if (n_read
== 0 || n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
593 tmp
->nbytes
= n_read
;
598 /* Count the number of newlines just read. */
600 char const *buffer_end
= tmp
->buffer
+ n_read
;
601 char const *p
= tmp
->buffer
;
602 while ((p
= memchr (p
, '\n', buffer_end
- p
)))
608 total_lines
+= tmp
->nlines
;
610 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
611 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `n_read' can
612 often be very small. */
613 if (tmp
->nbytes
+ last
->nbytes
< BUFSIZ
)
615 memcpy (&last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
], tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
616 last
->nbytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
617 last
->nlines
+= tmp
->nlines
;
621 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
622 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
623 read if that would leave enough lines, or else malloc a new one.
624 Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
626 last
= last
->next
= tmp
;
627 if (total_lines
- first
->nlines
> n_lines
)
630 total_lines
-= first
->nlines
;
634 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (LBUFFER
));
640 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
642 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
647 /* If the file is empty, then bail out. */
648 if (last
->nbytes
== 0)
651 /* This prevents a core dump when the pipe contains no newlines. */
655 /* Count the incomplete line on files that don't end with a newline. */
656 if (last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
- 1] != '\n')
662 /* Run through the list, printing lines. First, skip over unneeded
664 for (tmp
= first
; total_lines
- tmp
->nlines
> n_lines
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
665 total_lines
-= tmp
->nlines
;
667 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file. */
669 char const *beg
= tmp
->buffer
;
670 char const *buffer_end
= tmp
->buffer
+ tmp
->nbytes
;
671 if (total_lines
> n_lines
)
673 /* Skip `total_lines' - `n_lines' newlines. We made sure that
674 `total_lines' - `n_lines' <= `tmp->nlines'. */
676 for (j
= total_lines
- n_lines
; j
; --j
)
678 beg
= memchr (beg
, '\n', buffer_end
- beg
);
684 xwrite_stdout (beg
, buffer_end
- beg
);
687 for (tmp
= tmp
->next
; tmp
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
688 xwrite_stdout (tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
700 /* Print the last N_BYTES characters from the end of pipe FD.
701 This is a stripped down version of pipe_lines.
702 Return true if successful. */
705 pipe_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
712 struct charbuffer
*next
;
714 typedef struct charbuffer CBUFFER
;
715 CBUFFER
*first
, *last
, *tmp
;
716 size_t i
; /* Index into buffers. */
717 size_t total_bytes
= 0; /* Total characters in all buffers. */
721 first
= last
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
724 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
726 /* Input is always read into a fresh buffer. */
729 n_read
= safe_read (fd
, tmp
->buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
730 if (n_read
== 0 || n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
733 tmp
->nbytes
= n_read
;
736 total_bytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
737 /* If there is enough room in the last buffer read, just append the new
738 one to it. This is because when reading from a pipe, `nbytes' can
739 often be very small. */
740 if (tmp
->nbytes
+ last
->nbytes
< BUFSIZ
)
742 memcpy (&last
->buffer
[last
->nbytes
], tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
743 last
->nbytes
+= tmp
->nbytes
;
747 /* If there's not enough room, link the new buffer onto the end of
748 the list, then either free up the oldest buffer for the next
749 read if that would leave enough characters, or else malloc a new
750 one. Some compaction mechanism is possible but probably not
752 last
= last
->next
= tmp
;
753 if (total_bytes
- first
->nbytes
> n_bytes
)
756 total_bytes
-= first
->nbytes
;
761 tmp
= xmalloc (sizeof (CBUFFER
));
768 if (n_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
770 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
775 /* Run through the list, printing characters. First, skip over unneeded
777 for (tmp
= first
; total_bytes
- tmp
->nbytes
> n_bytes
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
778 total_bytes
-= tmp
->nbytes
;
780 /* Find the correct beginning, then print the rest of the file.
781 We made sure that `total_bytes' - `n_bytes' <= `tmp->nbytes'. */
782 if (total_bytes
> n_bytes
)
783 i
= total_bytes
- n_bytes
;
786 xwrite_stdout (&tmp
->buffer
[i
], tmp
->nbytes
- i
);
788 for (tmp
= tmp
->next
; tmp
; tmp
= tmp
->next
)
789 xwrite_stdout (tmp
->buffer
, tmp
->nbytes
);
801 /* Skip N_BYTES characters from the start of pipe FD, and print
802 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
803 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
806 start_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
813 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
816 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
818 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
821 *read_pos
+= bytes_read
;
822 if (bytes_read
<= n_bytes
)
823 n_bytes
-= bytes_read
;
826 size_t n_remaining
= bytes_read
- n_bytes
;
828 xwrite_stdout (&buffer
[n_bytes
], n_remaining
);
836 /* Skip N_LINES lines at the start of file or pipe FD, and print
837 any extra characters that were read beyond that.
838 Return 1 on error, 0 if ok, -1 if EOF. */
841 start_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
851 size_t bytes_read
= safe_read (fd
, buffer
, BUFSIZ
);
852 char *buffer_end
= buffer
+ bytes_read
;
853 if (bytes_read
== 0) /* EOF */
855 if (bytes_read
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
) /* error */
857 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
861 *read_pos
+= bytes_read
;
863 while ((p
= memchr (p
, '\n', buffer_end
- p
)))
869 xwrite_stdout (p
, buffer_end
- p
);
877 /* Without inotify support, always return false. Otherwise, return false
878 when FD is open on a file known to reside on a local file system.
879 If fstatfs fails, give a diagnostic and return true.
880 If fstatfs cannot be called, return true. */
882 fremote (int fd
, const char *name
)
884 bool remote
= true; /* be conservative (poll by default). */
886 # if HAVE_FSTATFS && HAVE_STRUCT_STATFS_F_TYPE && defined __linux__
888 int err
= fstatfs (fd
, &buf
);
891 /* On at least linux-2.6.38, fstatfs fails with ENOSYS when FD
892 is open on a pipe. Treat that like a remote file. */
894 error (0, errno
, _("cannot determine location of %s. "
895 "reverting to polling"), quote (name
));
904 case S_MAGIC_FUSEBLK
:
905 case S_MAGIC_FUSECTL
:
926 /* Without inotify support, whether a file is remote is irrelevant.
927 Always return "false" in that case. */
928 # define fremote(fd, name) false
931 /* FIXME: describe */
934 recheck (struct File_spec
*f
, bool blocking
)
936 /* open/fstat the file and announce if dev/ino have changed */
937 struct stat new_stats
;
939 bool is_stdin
= (STREQ (f
->name
, "-"));
940 bool was_tailable
= f
->tailable
;
941 int prev_errnum
= f
->errnum
;
945 : open (f
->name
, O_RDONLY
| (blocking
? 0 : O_NONBLOCK
)));
947 assert (valid_file_spec (f
));
949 /* If the open fails because the file doesn't exist,
950 then mark the file as not tailable. */
951 f
->tailable
= !(reopen_inaccessible_files
&& fd
== -1);
953 if (fd
== -1 || fstat (fd
, &new_stats
) < 0)
961 /* FIXME-maybe: detect the case in which the file first becomes
962 unreadable (perms), and later becomes readable again and can
963 be seen to be the same file (dev/ino). Otherwise, tail prints
964 the entire contents of the file when it becomes readable. */
965 error (0, f
->errnum
, _("%s has become inaccessible"),
966 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
970 /* say nothing... it's still not tailable */
973 else if (prev_errnum
!= errno
)
975 error (0, errno
, "%s", pretty_name (f
));
978 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (new_stats
.st_mode
))
982 error (0, 0, _("%s has been replaced with an untailable file;\
983 giving up on this name"),
984 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
987 else if (!disable_inotify
&& fremote (fd
, pretty_name (f
)))
991 error (0, 0, _("%s has been replaced with a remote file. "
992 "giving up on this name"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1004 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1005 close_fd (f
->fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1008 else if (prev_errnum
&& prev_errnum
!= ENOENT
)
1011 assert (f
->fd
== -1);
1012 error (0, 0, _("%s has become accessible"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1014 else if (f
->ino
!= new_stats
.st_ino
|| f
->dev
!= new_stats
.st_dev
)
1020 _("%s has appeared; following end of new file"),
1021 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1025 /* Close the old one. */
1026 close_fd (f
->fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1028 /* File has been replaced (e.g., via log rotation) --
1029 tail the new one. */
1031 _("%s has been replaced; following end of new file"),
1032 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1039 /* This happens when one iteration finds the file missing,
1040 then the preceding <dev,inode> pair is reused as the
1041 file is recreated. */
1046 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1052 /* Start at the beginning of the file. */
1053 record_open_fd (f
, fd
, 0, &new_stats
, (is_stdin
? -1 : blocking
));
1054 xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_SET
, pretty_name (f
));
1058 /* Return true if any of the N_FILES files in F are live, i.e., have
1059 open file descriptors. */
1062 any_live_files (const struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
)
1066 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1072 /* Tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
1073 The pertinent information for each file is stored in an entry of F.
1074 Loop over each of them, doing an fstat to see if they have changed size,
1075 and an occasional open/fstat to see if any dev/ino pair has changed.
1076 If none of them have changed size in one iteration, sleep for a
1077 while and try again. Continue until the user interrupts us. */
1080 tail_forever (struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
, double sleep_interval
)
1082 /* Use blocking I/O as an optimization, when it's easy. */
1083 bool blocking
= (pid
== 0 && follow_mode
== Follow_descriptor
1084 && n_files
== 1 && ! S_ISREG (f
[0].mode
));
1086 bool writer_is_dead
= false;
1093 bool any_input
= false;
1095 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1101 uintmax_t bytes_read
;
1108 recheck (&f
[i
], blocking
);
1113 name
= pretty_name (&f
[i
]);
1116 if (f
[i
].blocking
!= blocking
)
1118 int old_flags
= fcntl (fd
, F_GETFL
);
1119 int new_flags
= old_flags
| (blocking
? 0 : O_NONBLOCK
);
1121 || (new_flags
!= old_flags
1122 && fcntl (fd
, F_SETFL
, new_flags
) == -1))
1124 /* Don't update f[i].blocking if fcntl fails. */
1125 if (S_ISREG (f
[i
].mode
) && errno
== EPERM
)
1127 /* This happens when using tail -f on a file with
1128 the append-only attribute. */
1131 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
,
1132 _("%s: cannot change nonblocking mode"), name
);
1135 f
[i
].blocking
= blocking
;
1140 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
) != 0)
1143 f
[i
].errnum
= errno
;
1144 error (0, errno
, "%s", name
);
1148 if (f
[i
].mode
== stats
.st_mode
1149 && (! S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) || f
[i
].size
== stats
.st_size
)
1150 && timespec_cmp (f
[i
].mtime
, get_stat_mtime (&stats
)) == 0)
1152 if ((max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
1153 <= f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
++)
1154 && follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1156 recheck (&f
[i
], f
[i
].blocking
);
1157 f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
1162 /* This file has changed. Print out what we can, and
1163 then keep looping. */
1165 f
[i
].mtime
= get_stat_mtime (&stats
);
1166 f
[i
].mode
= stats
.st_mode
;
1169 f
[i
].n_unchanged_stats
= 0;
1171 if (S_ISREG (mode
) && stats
.st_size
< f
[i
].size
)
1173 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name
);
1175 xlseek (fd
, stats
.st_size
, SEEK_SET
, name
);
1176 f
[i
].size
= stats
.st_size
;
1183 write_header (name
);
1188 bytes_read
= dump_remainder (name
, fd
,
1190 ? COPY_A_BUFFER
: COPY_TO_EOF
));
1191 any_input
|= (bytes_read
!= 0);
1192 f
[i
].size
+= bytes_read
;
1195 if (! any_live_files (f
, n_files
) && ! reopen_inaccessible_files
)
1197 error (0, 0, _("no files remaining"));
1201 if ((!any_input
|| blocking
) && fflush (stdout
) != 0)
1202 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
1204 /* If nothing was read, sleep and/or check for dead writers. */
1210 /* Once the writer is dead, read the files once more to
1211 avoid a race condition. */
1212 writer_is_dead
= (pid
!= 0
1213 && kill (pid
, 0) != 0
1214 /* Handle the case in which you cannot send a
1215 signal to the writer, so kill fails and sets
1219 if (!writer_is_dead
&& xnanosleep (sleep_interval
))
1220 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("cannot read realtime clock"));
1228 /* Return true if any of the N_FILES files in F is remote, i.e., has
1229 an open file descriptor and is on a network file system. */
1232 any_remote_file (const struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
)
1236 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1237 if (0 <= f
[i
].fd
&& f
[i
].remote
)
1242 /* Return true if any of the N_FILES files in F represents
1243 stdin and is tailable. */
1246 tailable_stdin (const struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
)
1250 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1251 if (!f
[i
].ignore
&& STREQ (f
[i
].name
, "-"))
1257 wd_hasher (const void *entry
, size_t tabsize
)
1259 const struct File_spec
*spec
= entry
;
1260 return spec
->wd
% tabsize
;
1264 wd_comparator (const void *e1
, const void *e2
)
1266 const struct File_spec
*spec1
= e1
;
1267 const struct File_spec
*spec2
= e2
;
1268 return spec1
->wd
== spec2
->wd
;
1271 /* Helper function used by `tail_forever_inotify'. */
1273 check_fspec (struct File_spec
*fspec
, int wd
, int *prev_wd
)
1276 char const *name
= pretty_name (fspec
);
1278 if (fstat (fspec
->fd
, &stats
) != 0)
1280 close_fd (fspec
->fd
, name
);
1282 fspec
->errnum
= errno
;
1286 if (S_ISREG (fspec
->mode
) && stats
.st_size
< fspec
->size
)
1288 error (0, 0, _("%s: file truncated"), name
);
1290 xlseek (fspec
->fd
, stats
.st_size
, SEEK_SET
, name
);
1291 fspec
->size
= stats
.st_size
;
1293 else if (S_ISREG (fspec
->mode
) && stats
.st_size
== fspec
->size
1294 && timespec_cmp (fspec
->mtime
, get_stat_mtime (&stats
)) == 0)
1300 write_header (name
);
1304 uintmax_t bytes_read
= dump_remainder (name
, fspec
->fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1305 fspec
->size
+= bytes_read
;
1307 if (fflush (stdout
) != 0)
1308 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
1311 /* Attempt to tail N_FILES files forever, or until killed.
1312 Check modifications using the inotify events system.
1313 Return false on error, or true to revert to polling. */
1315 tail_forever_inotify (int wd
, struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
,
1316 double sleep_interval
)
1318 unsigned int max_realloc
= 3;
1320 /* Map an inotify watch descriptor to the name of the file it's watching. */
1321 Hash_table
*wd_to_name
;
1323 bool found_watchable_file
= false;
1324 bool found_unwatchable_dir
= false;
1325 bool no_inotify_resources
= false;
1326 bool writer_is_dead
= false;
1330 size_t evbuf_off
= 0;
1333 wd_to_name
= hash_initialize (n_files
, NULL
, wd_hasher
, wd_comparator
, NULL
);
1337 /* Add an inotify watch for each watched file. If -F is specified then watch
1338 its parent directory too, in this way when they re-appear we can add them
1339 again to the watch list. */
1341 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1345 size_t fnlen
= strlen (f
[i
].name
);
1351 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1353 size_t dirlen
= dir_len (f
[i
].name
);
1354 char prev
= f
[i
].name
[dirlen
];
1355 f
[i
].basename_start
= last_component (f
[i
].name
) - f
[i
].name
;
1357 f
[i
].name
[dirlen
] = '\0';
1359 /* It's fine to add the same directory more than once.
1360 In that case the same watch descriptor is returned. */
1361 f
[i
].parent_wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, dirlen
? f
[i
].name
: ".",
1362 (IN_CREATE
| IN_MOVED_TO
1365 f
[i
].name
[dirlen
] = prev
;
1367 if (f
[i
].parent_wd
< 0)
1369 if (errno
!= ENOSPC
) /* suppress confusing error. */
1370 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch parent directory of %s"),
1373 error (0, 0, _("inotify resources exhausted"));
1374 found_unwatchable_dir
= true;
1375 /* We revert to polling below. Note invalid uses
1376 of the inotify API will still be diagnosed. */
1381 f
[i
].wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, f
[i
].name
, inotify_wd_mask
);
1385 if (errno
== ENOSPC
)
1387 no_inotify_resources
= true;
1388 error (0, 0, _("inotify resources exhausted"));
1390 else if (errno
!= f
[i
].errnum
)
1391 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f
[i
].name
));
1395 if (hash_insert (wd_to_name
, &(f
[i
])) == NULL
)
1398 found_watchable_file
= true;
1402 /* Linux kernel 2.6.24 at least has a bug where eventually, ENOSPC is always
1403 returned by inotify_add_watch. In any case we should revert to polling
1404 when there are no inotify resources. Also a specified directory may not
1405 be currently present or accessible, so revert to polling. */
1406 if (no_inotify_resources
|| found_unwatchable_dir
)
1408 /* FIXME: release hash and inotify resources allocated above. */
1412 if (follow_mode
== Follow_descriptor
&& !found_watchable_file
)
1415 prev_wd
= f
[n_files
- 1].wd
;
1417 /* Check files again. New data can be available since last time we checked
1418 and before they are watched by inotify. */
1419 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
1422 check_fspec (&f
[i
], f
[i
].wd
, &prev_wd
);
1425 evlen
+= sizeof (struct inotify_event
) + 1;
1426 evbuf
= xmalloc (evlen
);
1428 /* Wait for inotify events and handle them. Events on directories
1429 ensure that watched files can be re-added when following by name.
1430 This loop blocks on the `safe_read' call until a new event is notified.
1431 But when --pid=P is specified, tail usually waits via the select. */
1434 struct File_spec
*fspec
;
1435 struct inotify_event
*ev
;
1437 /* When following by name without --retry, and the last file has
1438 been unlinked or renamed-away, diagnose it and return. */
1439 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
1440 && ! reopen_inaccessible_files
1441 && hash_get_n_entries (wd_to_name
) == 0)
1443 error (0, 0, _("no files remaining"));
1447 /* When watching a PID, ensure that a read from WD will not block
1452 exit (EXIT_SUCCESS
);
1454 writer_is_dead
= (kill (pid
, 0) != 0 && errno
!= EPERM
);
1456 struct timeval delay
; /* how long to wait for file changes. */
1458 delay
.tv_sec
= delay
.tv_usec
= 0;
1461 delay
.tv_sec
= (time_t) sleep_interval
;
1462 delay
.tv_usec
= 1000000 * (sleep_interval
- delay
.tv_sec
);
1469 int file_change
= select (wd
+ 1, &rfd
, NULL
, NULL
, &delay
);
1471 if (file_change
== 0)
1473 else if (file_change
== -1)
1474 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error monitoring inotify event"));
1477 if (len
<= evbuf_off
)
1479 len
= safe_read (wd
, evbuf
, evlen
);
1482 /* For kernels prior to 2.6.21, read returns 0 when the buffer
1484 if ((len
== 0 || (len
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
&& errno
== EINVAL
))
1489 evbuf
= xrealloc (evbuf
, evlen
);
1493 if (len
== 0 || len
== SAFE_READ_ERROR
)
1494 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("error reading inotify event"));
1497 ev
= (struct inotify_event
*) (evbuf
+ evbuf_off
);
1498 evbuf_off
+= sizeof (*ev
) + ev
->len
;
1500 if (ev
->len
) /* event on ev->name in watched directory */
1503 for (j
= 0; j
< n_files
; j
++)
1505 /* With N=hundreds of frequently-changing files, this O(N^2)
1506 process might be a problem. FIXME: use a hash table? */
1507 if (f
[j
].parent_wd
== ev
->wd
1508 && STREQ (ev
->name
, f
[j
].name
+ f
[j
].basename_start
))
1512 /* It is not a watched file. */
1516 /* It's fine to add the same file more than once. */
1517 int new_wd
= inotify_add_watch (wd
, f
[j
].name
, inotify_wd_mask
);
1520 error (0, errno
, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f
[j
].name
));
1526 /* Remove `fspec' and re-add it using `new_fd' as its key. */
1527 hash_delete (wd_to_name
, fspec
);
1530 /* If the file was moved then inotify will use the source file wd for
1531 the destination file. Make sure the key is not present in the
1533 struct File_spec
*prev
= hash_delete (wd_to_name
, fspec
);
1534 if (prev
&& prev
!= fspec
)
1536 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1537 recheck (prev
, false);
1539 close_fd (prev
->fd
, pretty_name (prev
));
1542 if (hash_insert (wd_to_name
, fspec
) == NULL
)
1545 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1546 recheck (fspec
, false);
1550 struct File_spec key
;
1552 fspec
= hash_lookup (wd_to_name
, &key
);
1558 if (ev
->mask
& (IN_ATTRIB
| IN_DELETE_SELF
| IN_MOVE_SELF
))
1560 /* For IN_DELETE_SELF, we always want to remove the watch.
1561 However, for IN_MOVE_SELF (the file we're watching has
1562 been clobbered via a rename), when tailing by NAME, we
1563 must continue to watch the file. It's only when following
1564 by file descriptor that we must remove the watch. */
1565 if ((ev
->mask
& IN_DELETE_SELF
)
1566 || ((ev
->mask
& IN_MOVE_SELF
)
1567 && follow_mode
== Follow_descriptor
))
1569 inotify_rm_watch (wd
, fspec
->wd
);
1570 hash_delete (wd_to_name
, fspec
);
1572 if (follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
1573 recheck (fspec
, false);
1577 check_fspec (fspec
, ev
->wd
, &prev_wd
);
1582 /* Output the last N_BYTES bytes of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1583 Return true if successful. */
1586 tail_bytes (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_bytes
,
1587 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1591 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
))
1593 error (0, errno
, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
1599 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1600 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) && n_bytes
<= OFF_T_MAX
)
1602 xlseek (fd
, n_bytes
, SEEK_CUR
, pretty_filename
);
1603 *read_pos
+= n_bytes
;
1607 int t
= start_bytes (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
, read_pos
);
1611 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1615 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1616 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
) && n_bytes
<= OFF_T_MAX
)
1618 off_t current_pos
= xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_CUR
, pretty_filename
);
1619 off_t end_pos
= xlseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
, pretty_filename
);
1620 off_t diff
= end_pos
- current_pos
;
1621 /* Be careful here. The current position may actually be
1622 beyond the end of the file. */
1623 off_t bytes_remaining
= diff
< 0 ? 0 : diff
;
1626 if (bytes_remaining
<= nb
)
1628 /* From the current position to end of file, there are no
1629 more bytes than have been requested. So reposition the
1630 file pointer to the incoming current position and print
1631 everything after that. */
1632 *read_pos
= xlseek (fd
, current_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
1636 /* There are more bytes remaining than were requested.
1638 *read_pos
= xlseek (fd
, -nb
, SEEK_END
, pretty_filename
);
1640 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
);
1643 return pipe_bytes (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_bytes
, read_pos
);
1648 /* Output the last N_LINES lines of file FILENAME open for reading in FD.
1649 Return true if successful. */
1652 tail_lines (const char *pretty_filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_lines
,
1653 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1657 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
))
1659 error (0, errno
, _("cannot fstat %s"), quote (pretty_filename
));
1665 int t
= start_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
, read_pos
);
1668 *read_pos
+= dump_remainder (pretty_filename
, fd
, COPY_TO_EOF
);
1672 off_t start_pos
= -1;
1675 /* Use file_lines only if FD refers to a regular file for
1676 which lseek (... SEEK_END) works. */
1677 if ( ! presume_input_pipe
1678 && S_ISREG (stats
.st_mode
)
1679 && (start_pos
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_CUR
)) != -1
1680 && start_pos
< (end_pos
= lseek (fd
, 0, SEEK_END
)))
1682 *read_pos
= end_pos
;
1684 && ! file_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
,
1685 start_pos
, end_pos
, read_pos
))
1690 /* Under very unlikely circumstances, it is possible to reach
1691 this point after positioning the file pointer to end of file
1692 via the `lseek (...SEEK_END)' above. In that case, reposition
1693 the file pointer back to start_pos before calling pipe_lines. */
1694 if (start_pos
!= -1)
1695 xlseek (fd
, start_pos
, SEEK_SET
, pretty_filename
);
1697 return pipe_lines (pretty_filename
, fd
, n_lines
, read_pos
);
1703 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of file FILENAME, open for reading
1704 via FD. Set *READ_POS to the position of the input stream pointer.
1705 *READ_POS is usually the number of bytes read and corresponds to an
1706 offset from the beginning of a file. However, it may be larger than
1707 OFF_T_MAX (as for an input pipe), and may also be larger than the
1708 number of bytes read (when an input pointer is initially not at
1709 beginning of file), and may be far greater than the number of bytes
1710 actually read for an input file that is seekable.
1711 Return true if successful. */
1714 tail (const char *filename
, int fd
, uintmax_t n_units
,
1715 uintmax_t *read_pos
)
1719 return tail_lines (filename
, fd
, n_units
, read_pos
);
1721 return tail_bytes (filename
, fd
, n_units
, read_pos
);
1724 /* Display the last N_UNITS units of the file described by F.
1725 Return true if successful. */
1728 tail_file (struct File_spec
*f
, uintmax_t n_units
)
1733 bool is_stdin
= (STREQ (f
->name
, "-"));
1737 have_read_stdin
= true;
1739 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
1740 xfreopen (NULL
, "rb", stdin
);
1743 fd
= open (f
->name
, O_RDONLY
| O_BINARY
);
1745 f
->tailable
= !(reopen_inaccessible_files
&& fd
== -1);
1757 error (0, errno
, _("cannot open %s for reading"),
1758 quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1766 write_header (pretty_name (f
));
1767 ok
= tail (pretty_name (f
), fd
, n_units
, &read_pos
);
1772 #if TEST_RACE_BETWEEN_FINAL_READ_AND_INITIAL_FSTAT
1773 /* Before the tail function provided `read_pos', there was
1774 a race condition described in the URL below. This sleep
1775 call made the window big enough to exercise the problem. */
1779 if (fstat (fd
, &stats
) < 0)
1783 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1785 else if (!IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE (stats
.st_mode
))
1787 error (0, 0, _("%s: cannot follow end of this type of file;\
1788 giving up on this name"),
1797 close_fd (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1802 /* Note: we must use read_pos here, not stats.st_size,
1803 to avoid a race condition described by Ken Raeburn:
1804 http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-textutils/2003-05/msg00007.html */
1805 record_open_fd (f
, fd
, read_pos
, &stats
, (is_stdin
? -1 : 1));
1806 f
->remote
= fremote (fd
, pretty_name (f
));
1811 if (!is_stdin
&& close (fd
))
1813 error (0, errno
, _("error reading %s"), quote (pretty_name (f
)));
1822 /* If obsolete usage is allowed, and the command line arguments are of
1823 the obsolete form and the option string is well-formed, set
1824 *N_UNITS, the globals COUNT_LINES, FOREVER, and FROM_START, and
1825 return true. If the command line arguments are obviously incorrect
1826 (e.g., because obsolete usage is not allowed and the arguments are
1827 incorrect for non-obsolete usage), report an error and exit.
1828 Otherwise, return false and don't modify any parameter or global
1832 parse_obsolete_option (int argc
, char * const *argv
, uintmax_t *n_units
)
1835 const char *n_string
;
1836 const char *n_string_end
;
1837 bool obsolete_usage
;
1838 int default_count
= DEFAULT_N_LINES
;
1840 bool t_count_lines
= true;
1841 bool t_forever
= false;
1843 /* With the obsolete form, there is one option string and at most
1844 one file argument. Watch out for "-" and "--", though. */
1846 || (argc
== 3 && ! (argv
[2][0] == '-' && argv
[2][1]))
1847 || (3 <= argc
&& argc
<= 4 && STREQ (argv
[2], "--"))))
1850 obsolete_usage
= (posix2_version () < 200112);
1859 /* Leading "+" is a file name in the non-obsolete form. */
1860 if (!obsolete_usage
)
1863 t_from_start
= true;
1867 /* In the non-obsolete form, "-" is standard input and "-c"
1868 requires an option-argument. The obsolete multidigit options
1869 are supported as a GNU extension even when conforming to
1870 POSIX 1003.1-2001, so don't complain about them. */
1871 if (!obsolete_usage
&& !p
[p
[0] == 'c'])
1874 t_from_start
= false;
1879 while (ISDIGIT (*p
))
1885 case 'b': default_count
*= 512; /* Fall through. */
1886 case 'c': t_count_lines
= false; /* Fall through. */
1887 case 'l': p
++; break;
1899 if (n_string
== n_string_end
)
1900 *n_units
= default_count
;
1901 else if ((xstrtoumax (n_string
, NULL
, 10, n_units
, "b")
1902 & ~LONGINT_INVALID_SUFFIX_CHAR
)
1904 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("number in %s is too large"), quote (argv
[1]));
1907 from_start
= t_from_start
;
1908 count_lines
= t_count_lines
;
1909 forever
= t_forever
;
1915 parse_options (int argc
, char **argv
,
1916 uintmax_t *n_units
, enum header_mode
*header_mode
,
1917 double *sleep_interval
)
1921 while ((c
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "c:n:fFqs:v0123456789",
1922 long_options
, NULL
))
1929 follow_mode
= Follow_name
;
1930 reopen_inaccessible_files
= true;
1935 count_lines
= (c
== 'n');
1938 else if (*optarg
== '-')
1943 s_err
= xstrtoumax (optarg
, NULL
, 10, n_units
, "bkKmMGTPEZY0");
1944 if (s_err
!= LONGINT_OK
)
1946 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, "%s: %s", optarg
,
1948 ? _("invalid number of lines")
1949 : _("invalid number of bytes")));
1955 case LONG_FOLLOW_OPTION
:
1958 follow_mode
= DEFAULT_FOLLOW_MODE
;
1960 follow_mode
= XARGMATCH ("--follow", optarg
,
1961 follow_mode_string
, follow_mode_map
);
1965 reopen_inaccessible_files
= true;
1968 case MAX_UNCHANGED_STATS_OPTION
:
1969 /* --max-unchanged-stats=N */
1970 if (xstrtoumax (optarg
, NULL
, 10,
1971 &max_n_unchanged_stats_between_opens
,
1975 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
1976 _("%s: invalid maximum number of unchanged stats between opens"),
1981 case DISABLE_INOTIFY_OPTION
:
1982 disable_inotify
= true;
1988 unsigned long int tmp_ulong
;
1989 s_err
= xstrtoul (optarg
, NULL
, 10, &tmp_ulong
, "");
1990 if (s_err
!= LONGINT_OK
|| tmp_ulong
> PID_T_MAX
)
1992 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("%s: invalid PID"), optarg
);
1998 case PRESUME_INPUT_PIPE_OPTION
:
1999 presume_input_pipe
= true;
2003 *header_mode
= never
;
2009 if (! (xstrtod (optarg
, NULL
, &s
, c_strtod
) && 0 <= s
))
2010 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
2011 _("%s: invalid number of seconds"), optarg
);
2012 *sleep_interval
= s
;
2017 *header_mode
= always
;
2020 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
2022 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
2024 case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
2025 case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
2026 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
2027 _("option used in invalid context -- %c"), c
);
2030 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
2034 if (reopen_inaccessible_files
&& follow_mode
!= Follow_name
)
2035 error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry is useful mainly when following by name"));
2037 if (pid
&& !forever
)
2039 _("warning: PID ignored; --pid=PID is useful only when following"));
2040 else if (pid
&& kill (pid
, 0) != 0 && errno
== ENOSYS
)
2042 error (0, 0, _("warning: --pid=PID is not supported on this system"));
2047 /* Mark as '.ignore'd each member of F that corresponds to a
2048 pipe or fifo, and return the number of non-ignored members. */
2050 ignore_fifo_and_pipe (struct File_spec
*f
, size_t n_files
)
2052 /* When there is no FILE operand and stdin is a pipe or FIFO
2053 POSIX requires that tail ignore the -f option.
2054 Since we allow multiple FILE operands, we extend that to say: with -f,
2055 ignore any "-" operand that corresponds to a pipe or FIFO. */
2056 size_t n_viable
= 0;
2059 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
2061 bool is_a_fifo_or_pipe
=
2062 (STREQ (f
[i
].name
, "-")
2065 && (S_ISFIFO (f
[i
].mode
)
2066 || (HAVE_FIFO_PIPES
!= 1 && isapipe (f
[i
].fd
))));
2067 if (is_a_fifo_or_pipe
)
2077 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
2079 enum header_mode header_mode
= multiple_files
;
2081 /* If from_start, the number of items to skip before printing; otherwise,
2082 the number of items at the end of the file to print. Although the type
2083 is signed, the value is never negative. */
2084 uintmax_t n_units
= DEFAULT_N_LINES
;
2087 struct File_spec
*F
;
2089 bool obsolete_option
;
2091 /* The number of seconds to sleep between iterations.
2092 During one iteration, every file name or descriptor is checked to
2093 see if it has changed. */
2094 double sleep_interval
= 1.0;
2096 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
2097 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
2098 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
2099 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
2100 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
2102 atexit (close_stdout
);
2104 have_read_stdin
= false;
2107 forever
= from_start
= print_headers
= false;
2108 obsolete_option
= parse_obsolete_option (argc
, argv
, &n_units
);
2109 argc
-= obsolete_option
;
2110 argv
+= obsolete_option
;
2111 parse_options (argc
, argv
, &n_units
, &header_mode
, &sleep_interval
);
2113 /* To start printing with item N_UNITS from the start of the file, skip
2114 N_UNITS - 1 items. `tail -n +0' is actually meaningless, but for Unix
2115 compatibility it's treated the same as `tail -n +1'. */
2124 n_files
= argc
- optind
;
2125 file
= argv
+ optind
;
2129 static char *dummy_stdin
= (char *) "-";
2131 file
= &dummy_stdin
;
2135 bool found_hyphen
= false;
2137 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
2138 if (STREQ (file
[i
], "-"))
2139 found_hyphen
= true;
2141 /* When following by name, there must be a name. */
2142 if (found_hyphen
&& follow_mode
== Follow_name
)
2143 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("cannot follow %s by name"), quote ("-"));
2145 /* When following forever, warn if any file is `-'.
2146 This is only a warning, since tail's output (before a failing seek,
2147 and that from any non-stdin files) might still be useful. */
2148 if (forever
&& found_hyphen
&& isatty (STDIN_FILENO
))
2149 error (0, 0, _("warning: following standard input"
2150 " indefinitely is ineffective"));
2153 F
= xnmalloc (n_files
, sizeof *F
);
2154 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
2155 F
[i
].name
= file
[i
];
2157 if (header_mode
== always
2158 || (header_mode
== multiple_files
&& n_files
> 1))
2159 print_headers
= true;
2161 if (O_BINARY
&& ! isatty (STDOUT_FILENO
))
2162 xfreopen (NULL
, "wb", stdout
);
2164 for (i
= 0; i
< n_files
; i
++)
2165 ok
&= tail_file (&F
[i
], n_units
);
2167 if (forever
&& ignore_fifo_and_pipe (F
, n_files
))
2170 /* tailable_stdin() checks if the user specifies stdin via "-",
2171 or implicitly by providing no arguments. If so, we won't use inotify.
2172 Technically, on systems with a working /dev/stdin, we *could*,
2173 but would it be worth it? Verifying that it's a real device
2174 and hooked up to stdin is not trivial, while reverting to
2175 non-inotify-based tail_forever is easy and portable.
2177 any_remote_file() checks if the user has specified any
2178 files that reside on remote file systems. inotify is not used
2179 in this case because it would miss any updates to the file
2180 that were not initiated from the local system.
2182 FIXME: inotify doesn't give any notification when a new
2183 (remote) file or directory is mounted on top a watched file.
2184 When follow_mode == Follow_name we would ideally like to detect that.
2185 Note if there is a change to the original file then we'll
2186 recheck it and follow the new file, or ignore it if the
2187 file has changed to being remote.
2189 FIXME: when using inotify, and a directory for a watched file
2190 is recreated, then we don't recheck any new file when
2191 follow_mode == Follow_name */
2192 if (!disable_inotify
&& (tailable_stdin (F
, n_files
)
2193 || any_remote_file (F
, n_files
)))
2194 disable_inotify
= true;
2196 if (!disable_inotify
)
2198 int wd
= inotify_init ();
2201 /* Flush any output from tail_file, now, since
2202 tail_forever_inotify flushes only after writing,
2203 not before reading. */
2204 if (fflush (stdout
) != 0)
2205 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("write error"));
2207 if (!tail_forever_inotify (wd
, F
, n_files
, sleep_interval
))
2208 exit (EXIT_FAILURE
);
2210 error (0, errno
, _("inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling"));
2213 disable_inotify
= true;
2214 tail_forever (F
, n_files
, sleep_interval
);
2217 if (have_read_stdin
&& close (STDIN_FILENO
) < 0)
2218 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "-");
2219 exit (ok
? EXIT_SUCCESS
: EXIT_FAILURE
);