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cd ~/.sugar/default/logs | cd ~/.sugar/default/logs | ||
| − | multitail -iw "GetBooks*" 1 -m 0 | + | multitail -iw "*GetBooks*" 1 -m 0 |
* '''-iw''' is to inform to multitail about the input files and check for them every 1 second | * '''-iw''' is to inform to multitail about the input files and check for them every 1 second | ||
* '''-m''' is to let multitail know about the buffersize (0 is infinite) | * '''-m''' is to let multitail know about the buffersize (0 is infinite) | ||
Latest revision as of 07:55, 19 June 2012
There is a command called multitail that I use every day because it's really helpful on developing Sugar Activities. I use it to read the latest log that an Activity wrote and see how it's growing, similar what I do with the common tail -f option with the difference that multitail will look for the latest one.
For example, if we run an Activity three times it will create 3 different .log files behind ~/.sugar/default/logs directory. With multitail we will be seeing the most recent version of the activity log.
Here are the steps that I did to use this command (on Fedora 17):
- Install the command
sudo yum install multitail
- Show the proper log files
cd ~/.sugar/default/logs multitail -iw "*GetBooks*" 1 -m 0
- -iw is to inform to multitail about the input files and check for them every 1 second
- -m is to let multitail know about the buffersize (0 is infinite)