package de.swingbe.tailer; import org.apache.commons.io.input.Tailer; import org.apache.commons.io.input.TailerListener; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import java.io.File; public class Main { public final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Main.class); //delay between checks of the file for new content in milliseconds public static final int DELAY_MILLIS = 500; //set to true to tail from the end of the file, false to tail from the beginning of the file public static final boolean END = true; public static void main(String[] args) { LOG.trace("Entering application."); TailerListener listener = new MyListener(); //create and use a Tailer with a Thread String fileName = "/opt/npm/NetPeerManager.log"; //TODO What is the behaviour of the reOpen parameter? Tailer tailer = new Tailer(new File(fileName), listener, DELAY_MILLIS, END); tailer.run(); Thread thread = new Thread(tailer); //optional thread.setDaemon(true); thread.start(); LOG.trace("Exiting application."); return; } }