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Fix #100 allowing to tail named pipes #101

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Expand Up @@ -11,11 +11,18 @@ import (

func tailFile(ctx context.Context, file string, poll bool, dest *os.File) {
defer wg.Done()

s, err := os.Stat(file)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("unable to stat %s: %s", file, err)
}

t, err := tail.TailFile(file, tail.Config{
Follow: true,
ReOpen: true,
Poll: poll,
Logger: tail.DiscardingLogger,
Pipe: s.Mode()&os.ModeNamedPipe != 0,
})
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("unable to tail %s: %s", "foo", err)
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