logview

#!/usr/bin/ruby

LOG_DIR = "/var/log/daitss/ingest" || ENV['DAITSS_INGEST_LOG_DIR']

Dir.chdir LOG_DIR do
  last_file = `ls -tr #{LOG_DIR} | tail -n 1`.chomp

  open last_file do |io_potential|

    loop do
      
      a = select [io_potential], nil, nil, 1.5

      if a
        io = a[0][0]
        print io.read
      else
        puts 'nothing to read'  # i never get here
        break
      end

    end

  end

end