Tcl - Displaying/Tailing Files using Tcl/Tk

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Displaying/Tailing Files using Tcl/Tk

Roland Boers

2005-10-27, 3:57 am

We have to observe a couple of log-files. From a Tcl application we start
some xterms and execute
a tail. We then have a couple of xterm windows each showing how the
respective log-file fills up.

We want to get rid of the platform (UNIX) specific stuff and do that in pure
Tcl/Tk. Any tips how
I can display the tail of a file in e.g. a Tk widget which updates each time
new data is available
in the file in a platform independent manner so that it theoretically would
work also in Windows?

Regards,
Roland

yahalome@gmail.com

2005-10-27, 3:57 am

try
http://mini.net/tcl/1154
and
http://wiki.tcl.tk/9654

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