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Tail for Win32 - A Windows version of the Unix 'tail -f'

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I had searched for what seemed like an eternity for a Windows version of the 'tail -f' command - a way to monitor logfiles as they change in realitime. Having not found one, I decided to write my own. Tail for Win32 is the result of hundreds of evenings' work to achieve just that.
/*
 * Tail for Win32 - a Windows version of the UNIX 'tail -f' command.
 * 
 * Author: Paul Perkins (paul@objektiv.org.uk)
 * 
 * Copyright(c)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free 
 * Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) 
 * any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for 
 * more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with 
 * this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple 
 * Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 * 
 * $Id: TailDoc.h,v 1.4 2003/11/21 10:27:55 paulperkins Exp $
 * 
 */

#if !defined(AFX_TAILDOC_H__92759CED_A775_11D1_A186_006097AE8476__INCLUDED_)
#define AFX_TAILDOC_H__92759CED_A775_11D1_A186_006097AE8476__INCLUDED_

#if _MSC_VER >= 1000
#pragma once
#endif // _MSC_VER >= 1000

class CTailView;

class CTailDoc : public CDocument
{
protected: // create from serialization only
	CTailDoc();
	DECLARE_DYNCREATE(CTailDoc)

// Attributes
public:
  CString     m_strTailFile;
  CWinThread* m_pThread;
  char        m_szEventName[_MAX_FNAME];
//  CTailView*  m_pActiveView;

  void ShowAnotherWindow();
  CTailView* GetActiveView (void);

private:

// Operations
public:

// Overrides
	// ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
	//{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CTailDoc)
	public:
	virtual void Serialize(CArchive& ar);
	virtual BOOL OnOpenDocument(LPCTSTR lpszPathName);
	virtual void OnCloseDocument();
	virtual BOOL OnNewDocument();
	//}}AFX_VIRTUAL

// Implementation
public:
	virtual ~CTailDoc();
#ifdef _DEBUG
	virtual void AssertValid() const;
	virtual void Dump(CDumpContext& dc) const;
#endif

protected:

// Generated message map functions
protected:
	//{{AFX_MSG(CTailDoc)
		// NOTE - the ClassWizard will add and remove member functions here.
		//    DO NOT EDIT what you see in these blocks of generated code !
	//}}AFX_MSG
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
};

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

//{{AFX_INSERT_LOCATION}}
// Microsoft Developer Studio will insert additional declarations immediately before the previous line.

#endif // !defined(AFX_TAILDOC_H__92759CED_A775_11D1_A186_006097AE8476__INCLUDED_)

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