lib/process/daemon/log_file.rb



# Copyright, 2014, by Samuel G. D. Williams. <http://www.codeotaku.com>
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module Process
	class Daemon
		# This is a special file instance which provides the ability to read a log file from the end backwards.
		class LogFile < File
			# Yields the lines of a log file in reverse order, once the yield statement returns true, stops, and returns the lines in order.
			def tail_log
				lines = []

				seek_end
				
				reverse_each_line do |line|
					lines << line
					
					break if block_given? and yield line
				end

				return lines.reverse
			end
			
			private
			
			# Seek to the end of the file
			def seek_end(offset = 0)
				seek(offset, IO::SEEK_END)
			end
	
			# Read a chunk of data and then move the file pointer backwards.
			#
			# Calling this function multiple times will return new data and traverse the file backwards.
			#
			def read_reverse(length)
				offset = tell

				if offset == 0
					return nil
				end

				start = [0, offset-length].max

				seek(start, IO::SEEK_SET)

				buf = read(offset-start)

				seek(start, IO::SEEK_SET)

				return buf
			end

			REVERSE_BUFFER_SIZE = 128

			# This function is very similar to gets but it works in reverse.
			#
			# You can use it to efficiently read a file line by line backwards.
			# 
			# It returns nil when there are no more lines.
			def reverse_gets(sep_string=$/)
				end_pos = tell

				offset = nil
				buf = ""

				while offset == nil
					chunk = read_reverse(REVERSE_BUFFER_SIZE)

					return (buf == "" ? nil : buf) if chunk == nil

					buf = chunk + buf

					# Don't consider the last newline.
					offset = buf.rindex(sep_string, -(sep_string.length + 1))
				end

				# Don't include newline:
				offset += 1

				line = buf[offset...buf.size]

				seek((end_pos - buf.size) + offset, IO::SEEK_SET)

				return line
			end

			# Similar to each_line but works in reverse. Don't forget to call
			# seek_end before you start!
			def reverse_each_line(sep_string=$/, &block)
				return to_enum(:reverse_each_line) unless block_given?
		
				line = reverse_gets(sep_string)

				while line != nil
					yield line

					line = reverse_gets(sep_string)
				end
			end
		end
	end
end