SYNOPSIS
use POE qw(Component::IRC Component::IRC::Plugin::FollowTail);
my $nickname = 'Flibble' . $$;
my $ircname = 'Flibble the Sailor Bot';
my $ircserver = 'irc.blahblahblah.irc';
my $filename = '/some/such/file/here';
my @channels = ( '#Blah', '#Foo', '#Bar' );
my $irc = POE::Component::IRC->spawn(
nick => $nickname,
server => $ircserver,
port => $port,
ircname => $ircname,
) or die "Oh noooo! $!";
POE::Session->create(
package_states => [
main => [ qw(_start irc_001 irc_tail_input irc_tail_error irc_tail_reset) ],
],
);
$poe_kernel->run();
sub _start {
$irc->plugin_add( 'FollowTail' => POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::FollowTail->new(
filename => $filename,
));
$irc->yield( register => 'all' );
$irc->yield( connect => { } );
return;
}
sub irc_001 {
$irc->yield( join => $_ ) for @channels;
return;
}
sub irc_tail_input {
my ($kernel, $sender, $filename, $input) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER, ARG0, ARG1];
$kernel->post( $sender, 'privmsg', $_, "$filename: $input" ) for @channels;
return;
}
sub irc_tail_error {
my ($kernel, $sender, $filename, $errnum, $errstring)
= @_[KERNEL, SENDER, ARG0 .. ARG2];
$kernel->post( $sender, 'privmsg', $_, "$filename: ERROR: $errnum $errstring" ) for @channels;
$irc->plugin_del( 'FollowTail' );
return;
}
sub irc_tail_reset {
my ($kernel, $sender, $filename) = @_[KERNEL, SENDER, ARG0];
$kernel->post( $sender, 'privmsg', $_, "$filename: RESET EVENT" ) for @channels;
return;
}
DESCRIPTION
POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::FollowTail is a POE::Component::IRC plugin that uses POE::Wheel::FollowTail to follow the end of an ever-growing file. It generates "irc_tail_" prefixed events for each new record that is appended to its file.METHODS
new
Takes two arguments:'filename', the name of the file to tail, mandatory;
'filter', a POE::Filter object to pass to POE::Wheel::FollowTail, optional;
Returns a plugin object suitable for feeding to POE::Component::IRC's "plugin_add" method.