components/log/scribe-tail-start

#!/bin/sh

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# Tail a file and pipe into scribe-cat
here=`echo "import os; print os.path.realpath('$0')" | python`; here=`dirname $here`

category=""
type=""
file=""
if [ "$3" != "" ]; then
    category=$1
    type=$2
    file=$3
else
    if [ "$2" != "" ]; then
        category=$1
        file=$2
    else
        file=$1
    fi
fi
host=`hostname`

mkdir -p `dirname $file`
touch $file
file=`echo "import os; print os.path.realpath('$file')" | python`

tail -f -n 0 $file | $here/scribe-cat $host $category $type &