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WinTail

WinTail is a Win32 version of the ever-popular UNIX tail program. Its main purpose in life is to monitor text-based log files and display new content that has been added to the end. WinTail is a very simple program; it only has a couple of options.

Launching WinTail

WinTail can be launched in two different ways, with or without command line parameters. If WinTail is launched with no parameters, it simply runs & waits for you to specify a file to monitor (you can specify a file by clicking the Open button). If, however, you supply a path to a log file on the command line, WinTail runs & immediately begins monitoring the file.

Options

Update Interval: specifies how often WinTail checks the file for changes
Max Lines: when the number of displayed lines reaches this number, 3/4 of the displayed lines are thrown away (prevents WinTail from hogging your entire system) 

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