Rails - Jul 2006 - tail -f and periodically call remote

Is there some way to tail -f a file and print whatever tail -f gets to 
the browser on the client side.  I''m thinking periodically call remote 
can do it.  Is there some shortcut method, or does one have to store the 
cursor line that they read up to from the file last time, and then start 
reading again from the new cursor on the next periodically call remote.

thanks

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

In your controller:

def my_poller
  @filename="#{RAILS_ROOT}/log/development.log"
  render :text => `tail -f #{@filename}`
end

Hope it helps,

Roland

-- 
Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.