SHAREDTAIL(1)

NAME
sharedTail - Script that allows shared reading on input files.

SYNOPSIS
sharedTail FILE_INPUT [DESCR_1, DESCR_2, ... , DESCR_N]

DESCRIPTION
sharedTail allows to optimize file's reading. The application, based on reading of log file, make many reading on disk; without optimization in reading happens that is increased time of elaboration, making useless the analysis of file. The program receives input file's path and list of streams in which pass read lines. In this way, sharedtail reads once a line from file, and later sends the line to each interested script.

Shared reading's mechanism, and so sharedTail's invocations is clear to user who uses aLid. At purpose of define quickly shared reading's requests you must configure correctly file /etc/aLid/aLid.conf.

OPTIONS

FILE_INPUT
    Path to file in which you want to use share reading.

DESCR_*
    Stream of writing in which sharedtail passes erad data to single script.

EXAMPLES

sharedTail /var/log/syslog FILE1 FILE2 FILE3
    It execute shared reading on file /var/log/syslog and after passes data in stream FILE1 FILE2 and FILE3.

FILES
/etc/aLid/aLid.conf
    Configuration's file of the application.

SEE ALSO
aLid, aLid.conf

AUTHOR
Andrea Martire (andreamartire@gmail.com)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright AX 2010 Andrea Martire <andreamartire@gmail.com>. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.