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Tailing a series of log files

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Date	2013-06-12 05:04 -0700
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Subject	Tailing a series of log files
From	SamXiao <foolsmart2005@gmail.com>

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Hi all,	

I am working on a solution to keep track of a series of log files and read the tail lines. At the very beginning, there is only one log file named “TEST-YYYYMMDD-00.log” (where YYYYMMDD is the current date). When the size of this log reaches to 10 MB, another log file “TEST-YYYYMMDD-01.log” will be generated and so forth. After midnight (12:00), a new log file with the next date starting with 00 again will be generated. 

I know Apache Commons IO containing tail.java. However, seems it is for tailing a single log file only. How could I keep tailing a series of log files?

Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

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Tailing a series of log files SamXiao <foolsmart2005@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 05:04 -0700
  Re: Tailing a series of log files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-06-12 08:56 -0400
  Re: Tailing a series of log files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-06-14 20:00 -0300
    Re: Tailing a series of log files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-06-14 21:06 -0400
      Re: Tailing a series of log files Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-06-14 21:11 -0700
        Re: Tailing a series of log files Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2013-06-15 09:20 -0400
          Re: Tailing a series of log files JLP <JLP@jlp.com> - 2013-06-15 18:59 +0200
            Re: Tailing a series of log files JLP <JLP@jlp.com> - 2013-06-15 19:15 +0200
      Re: Tailing a series of log files Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2013-06-16 16:43 -0300

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