1 /**
2 * collectd - src/utils_tail.h
3 * Copyright (C) 2007-2008 C-Ware, Inc.
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
7 * Free Software Foundation; only version 2 of the License is applicable.
8 *
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
10 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * General Public License for more details.
13 *
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
15 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
17 *
18 * Author:
19 * Luke Heberling <lukeh at c-ware.com>
20 *
21 * DESCRIPTION
22 * Facilitates reading information that is appended to a file, taking into
23 * account that the file may be rotated and a new file created under the
24 * same name.
25 **/
27 #ifndef UTILS_TAIL_H
28 #define UTILS_TAIL_H 1
30 struct cu_tail_s;
31 typedef struct cu_tail_s cu_tail_t;
33 typedef int tailfunc_t(void *data, char *buf, int buflen);
35 /*
36 * NAME
37 * cu_tail_create
38 *
39 * DESCRIPTION
40 * Allocates a new tail object..
41 *
42 * PARAMETERS
43 * `file' The name of the file to be tailed.
44 */
45 cu_tail_t *cu_tail_create (const char *file);
47 /*
48 * cu_tail_destroy
49 *
50 * Takes a tail object returned by `cu_tail_create' and destroys it, freeing
51 * all internal memory.
52 *
53 * Returns 0 when successful and non-zero otherwise.
54 */
55 int cu_tail_destroy (cu_tail_t *obj);
57 /*
58 * cu_tail_readline
59 *
60 * Reads from the file until `buflen' characters are read, a newline
61 * character is read, or an eof condition is encountered. `buf' is
62 * always null-terminated on successful return and isn't touched when non-zero
63 * is returned.
64 *
65 * You can check if the EOF condition is reached by looking at the buffer: If
66 * the length of the string stored in the buffer is zero, EOF occurred.
67 * Otherwise at least the newline character will be in the buffer.
68 *
69 * Returns 0 when successful and non-zero otherwise.
70 */
71 int cu_tail_readline (cu_tail_t *obj, char *buf, int buflen);
73 /*
74 * cu_tail_readline
75 *
76 * Reads from the file until eof condition or an error is encountered.
77 *
78 * Returns 0 when successful and non-zero otherwise.
79 */
80 int cu_tail_read (cu_tail_t *obj, char *buf, int buflen, tailfunc_t *callback,
81 void *data);
83 #endif /* UTILS_TAIL_H */