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omg. Someone hit me over the head with a cinder block. I had a total brain failure when I posted this question, heh. The woes of using upwards of 5 different programming languages in any given week. Now that I actaully read the question I posted I realize it was probably the dumbest question I have ever asked.<br />
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I will split the points to you guys since you both had viable input.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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omg. Someone hit me over the head with a cinder block. I had a total brain failure when I posted this question, heh. The woes of using upwards of 5 different programming languages in any given week. Now that I actaully read the question I posted I realize it was probably the dumbest question I have ever asked.

I will split the points to you guys since you both had viable input.

Thanks,
CC

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I want to write a daemon that basically monitors various log files and performs various tasks based on regexp matches. Most of the logs in question are written by syslog or other server processess like apache, weblogic, oracle, etc....<br />
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Can anyone point me in the right direction on the best method for doing this? My C is very rusty. I currently have this written in Perl but am trying to move away from perl. The piece I need help with is the reading of the file, etc.... not the text processing or anything else.<br />
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Thx,<br />
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I want to write a daemon that basically monitors various log files and performs various tasks based on regexp matches. Most of the logs in question are written by syslog or other server processess like apache, weblogic, oracle, etc....

Can anyone point me in the right direction on the best method for doing this? My C is very rusty. I currently have this written in Perl but am trying to move away from perl. The piece I need help with is the reading of the file, etc.... not the text processing or anything else.

Thx,
CC

Best Method For Monitoring A Active Logfile

C is a general-purpose, imperative computer programming language, supporting structured programming, lexical variable scope and recursion, while a static type system prevents many unintended operations. By design, C provides constructs that map efficiently to typical machine instructions, so it has found lasting use in applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, including operating systems as well as various application software for computers ranging from supercomputers to embedded systems. It is distinct from C++ (which has its roots in C) and C#, and many later languages have borrowed directly or indirectly from C.