I need to parse dhcpd.leases to store data in mysql

Olivier Nicole on at cs.ait.ac.th
Fri Jun 30 07:27:09 UTC 2006


> can read further records as they are added (like 
> "tail -f" does). You will need to watch for when 
> the file moves and becomes the backup file, at 
> which point you'll need to start over.

For which I would recommend File::Tail module in Perl, it reads lines
that are addded at the end of the file and reopen te file whenever it
is rotated (becomes a backup file).

Olivier


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