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# Translation of example 2-2 from the vSphere SDK for Perl Programming Guide
require 'trollop'
require 'rbvmomi'
require 'rbvmomi/trollop'

VIM = RbVmomi::VIM

opts = Trollop.options do
  banner <<-EOS
Follow a log file.

Usage:
    logtail.rb [options] [logKey]

If logKey is not provided the list of available log keys will be printed and
the program will exit.

VIM connection options:
    EOS

    rbvmomi_connection_opts

    text <<-EOS

Other options:
  EOS
end

Trollop.die("must specify host") unless opts[:host]
logKey = ARGV[0]

vim = VIM.connect opts
diagMgr = vim.serviceContent.diagnosticManager

if not logKey
  puts "Available logs:"
  diagMgr.QueryDescriptions.each do |desc|
    puts "#{desc.key}: #{desc.info.label}"
  end
  exit 0
end

# Obtain the last line of the logfile by setting an arbitrarily large
# line number as the starting point
log = diagMgr.BrowseDiagnosticLog(key: logKey, start: 999999999)
lineEnd = log.lineEnd

# Get the last 5 lines of the log first, and then check every 2 seconds
# to see if the log size has increased.
start = lineEnd - 5
while true
  log = diagMgr.BrowseDiagnosticLog(key: logKey, start: start)
  if log.lineStart != 0
    log.lineText.each do |l|
      puts l
    end
  end
  start = log.lineEnd + 1
  sleep 2
end

Version data entries

30 entries across 30 versions & 4 rubygems

Version	Path
rbvmomi-1.8.5	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.4	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.3	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.9.4	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.9.3	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.9.2	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.9.1	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.9.0	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.2	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.2.pre	examples/logtail.rb
mkuzmin-rbvmomi-1.8.2.1	examples/logtail.rb
vagrant-rbvmomi-1.8.1	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.1	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.8.0	examples/logtail.rb
gapinc-rbvmomi-1.6.1	examples/logtail.rb
gapinc-rbvmomi-1.6.0	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.6.0	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.5.1	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.5.0	examples/logtail.rb
rbvmomi-1.4.0	examples/logtail.rb