Re: tail -f | less

Sam wrote:
CptDondo writes:

I'm looking for ideas on how to implement a tail -f | less type of thing...

I need to display a logfile as it's being dumped, and give the user the ability to pause and scroll back. The data needs not be kept but can be dumped into a ring buffer. Nothing more.

And "tail -f | less" doesn't work in exactly what way?

There's some buffering issues here, but they can be solved, with a bit of effort.


Well, I am using the busybox version of less, which is more like 'more'...

And it's those buffering issues I need to solve, yes.

Hey, I was hoping to save a bit of that 'bit of effort'... :-)

--Yan
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