class File::Tail::ReopenException

The ReopenException is raised internally if File::Tail gets suspicious something unusual has happend to the tailed file, e. g., it was rotated away. The exception is caught and an attempt to reopen it is made.

Attributes

mode[R]

Public Class Methods

new(mode = :bottom) click to toggle source

Creates an ReopenException object. The mode defaults to :bottom which indicates that the file should be tailed beginning from the end. :top indicates, that it should be tailed from the beginning from the start.

# File lib/file/tail.rb, line 40
def initialize(mode = :bottom)
  super(self.class.name)
  @mode = mode
end