Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 23:45:22 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: nbari@unixmexico.com Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tail -f <file> on webpage Message-ID: <20021209054521.GB20704@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <26647.148.243.211.1.1039409754.squirrel@mail.unixmexico.com> References: <26647.148.243.211.1.1039409754.squirrel@mail.unixmexico.com>
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In the last episode (Dec 08), nbari@unixmexico.com said:
> Hi all
>
> How can i make a tail -f <file> and show the results in a web page with
> out having to reload the page every N seconds
>
> i am using PHP in a script like:
>
> <?php
> $error_log = '/var/log/apache/log';
> passthru ("tail -f $error_log");
> ?>
The following 3-line CGI works fine:
#! /bin/sh
printf "Content-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n"
tail -f /var/log/messages
If you want a PHP solution, try a php mailinglist.
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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