Usually, uninstalling BareTail from either Windows Add/Remove Programs or by its default uninstaller only remove the main executable files of BareTail, while its personal settings, cache folder, temporary files and specially the leftovers in the Windows Registry still linger on your computer. BareTail - A free real-time log file monitoring tool: * Real-time file viewing * Follow tail mode (like tail -f on Unix) * View files of any size (> 2GB) * Scroll to any.
I just recently started using (which is a free for Windows) and I have to say it is fantastic at what it does. What is a tail? In it is used to mean the end of the log file. The follow (-f) option translates into staying with the bottom, or tail end, of the file.
That you can leave running all the time and it will refresh file changes without ever locking /BaretailYetAnotherLogTool12738/screenshotmain2.gif' Real-time file viewing Follow tail mode Tail multiple files Configurable highlighting International character sets Many file formats Flexible configuration options and storage Single small executable, no installer Thoughts On BareTail Did I mention that FREE is one of my favorite 4 letter F words?! There are other tools out there like this that don't perform as well as this tool and they cost much more. Now being said that it is a free tool, if you find the tool useful, you might think about contributing back to the person that took the time to help you be more productive.
You can register the product for $25. Three really good ideas are incorporated into this product. No installer required.
Put it where you want and run it. That's awesome. As says, the best tools get out of your way.
You can leave BareTail running all day and it has a very small footprint. You can script out the logs you want it to watch by setting up a batch file with the path to each log file after the filename. Easily Script Out Paths to Log Files If you call baretail.exe on a command line, you can give it paths to log files as parameters. Instead of doing that every time, you can script out paths in batch files. Below is a simple example of calling baretail.exe with paths to three log files on the same server.
SET SERVER=TEST SET DIR= Logs Applications START baretail.exe%SERVER%%DIR%Application1.Console.log%SERVER%%DIR%Application2.Console.log Notice that I put the server variable as the first line. For each environment, my paths are exactly the same, so I only have to change the server variable. Right now I am watching four log files for a set of applications we are creating. I have four environments and we are in three of them currently. I name the batch files like this: baretail appName Environment.bat. Here is a more advanced sample, where you get log files for your web server from today and tomorrow (UTC anyone?).
I started with a batch file but found it to be too flaky on date math and turned to VBS, which handled this very easily.