[GH-ISSUE #205] New Log files does not pick when frontail running #135

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opened 2026-03-03 16:04:41 +03:00 by kerem · 5 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:41 +03:00

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Originally created by @aravindgv on GitHub (Apr 11, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/205

Hi Mthenw,

Thank you for giving this tool. This has helped my developers to view logs.
But I needed one more help in knowing how to enable new log files in same folder to be picked. I am running below command. Every day new logs will be added to the logs folder.
Now I have to kill fontail and start every day.

frontail --disable-usage-stats -t dark -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@liquidapps/dsp/logs/*

Originally created by @aravindgv on GitHub (Apr 11, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/mthenw/frontail/issues/205 Hi Mthenw, Thank you for giving this tool. This has helped my developers to view logs. But I needed one more help in knowing how to enable new log files in same folder to be picked. I am running below command. Every day new logs will be added to the logs folder. Now I have to kill fontail and start every day. frontail --disable-usage-stats -t dark -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules/\@liquidapps/dsp/logs/*

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:42 +03:00

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@mthenw commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020):

Hey, could you provide more details? Which version do you use? Which OS?

@mthenw commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2020): Hey, could you provide more details? Which version do you use? Which OS?

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:42 +03:00

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@aravindgv commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020):

Sorry for the late response.

frontail --version

4.9.1

I am running on Ubuntu-18

@aravindgv commented on GitHub (May 4, 2020): Sorry for the late response. # frontail --version 4.9.1 I am running on Ubuntu-18

kerem commented

2026-03-03 16:04:42 +03:00

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@TTiger commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020):

Interested in this as well so that it will always tail the most recent file with a given pattern without needing a restart.
OSX Host.

@TTiger commented on GitHub (May 6, 2020): Interested in this as well so that it will always tail the most recent file with a given pattern without needing a restart. OSX Host.

kerem commented

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@aravindgv commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2020):

Is this feature available or needs to be worked?

@aravindgv commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2020): Is this feature available or needs to be worked?

kerem commented

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@pembertonmatsi commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2021):

We are also interested in this feature. I came across this thread when searching for our issue where a VM is starting and when it runs our application sometimes Frontail launches first, before the application generates a new daily log. Our application creates new logs every day with the time stamp in the log name. So it is a timing issue. Thank you for this tool though!

@pembertonmatsi commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2021): We are also interested in this feature. I came across this thread when searching for our issue where a VM is starting and when it runs our application sometimes Frontail launches first, before the application generates a new daily log. Our application creates new logs every day with the time stamp in the log name. So it is a timing issue. Thank you for this tool though!