In my application I have a controller/view that displays the contents
of an audit log file
def audit_log
render :layout => ''table'', :file => AUDIT_LOG
end
The audit log is updated frequently but the render call does not re-
read the file so it gets stale. Is there a way to tell render to
check the file timestamp and reload as needed?
On Oct 28, 2:53 pm, Tony <tony.primer...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> In my application I have a controller/view that displays the contents > of an audit log file > > def audit_log > render :layout => ''table'', :file => AUDIT_LOG > end > > The audit log is updated frequently but the render call does not re- > read the file so it gets stale. Is there a way to tell render to > check the file timestamp and reload as needed?Just posting some notes in case someone else runs into this. It looks like caching happens when a layout is specified (for :text, :file and :inline). I wanted my layout so I''m off to try something new. :-\ from action_view/base.rb def _render_with_layout <snip> if (options[:inline] || options[:file] || options[:text]) @cached_content_for_layout = @content_for_layout render(:file => partial_layout, :locals => local_assigns)
On Oct 28, 4:28 pm, Tony <tony.primer...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Oct 28, 2:53 pm, Tony <tony.primer...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > In my application I have a controller/view that displays the contents > > of an audit log file > > > def audit_log > > render :layout => ''table'', :file => AUDIT_LOG > > end > > > The audit log is updated frequently but the render call does not re- > > read the file so it gets stale. Is there a way to tell render to > > check the file timestamp and reload as needed? > > Just posting some notes in case someone else runs into this. > > It looks like caching happens when a layout is specified > (for :text, :file and :inline). I wanted my layout so I''m off to try > something new. :-\ > > from action_view/base.rb > def _render_with_layout > <snip> > if (options[:inline] || options[:file] || options[:text]) > @cached_content_for_layout = @content_for_layout > render(:file => partial_layout, :locals => > local_assigns)So..the solution is to just open the file directly instead of using render. <%= File.read(AUDIT_LOG) %> I''ll probably cache it in the controller and only let it be updated once every X minutes.