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Port details on branch 2025Q4
p5-File-Tail Perl Module to read the end of a file as it's appended to
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Maintainer: perl@FreeBSD.org search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2000-12-21 07:30:25
Last Update: 2022-09-07 21:58:51
Commit Hash: fb16dfe
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Also Listed In: perl5
License: ART10 GPLv1+
WWW:
https://metacpan.org/release/File-Tail
Description:
The File::Tail module is designed for reading files which are continuously appended to (the name comes from the tail -f directive). Usually such files are log files of some description.
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Manual pages:
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pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-File-Tail-1.3/catalog.mk
  2. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-File-Tail-1.3/LICENSE
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-File-Tail-1.3/ART10
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/p5-File-Tail-1.3/GPLv1+
  5. lib/perl5/site_perl/File/Tail.pm
  6. lib/perl5/site_perl/man/man3/File::Tail.3.gz
  7. @owner
  8. @group
  9. @mode
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USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
  • no SUBR information found for this port
Dependency lines:
  • p5-File-Tail>0:devel/p5-File-Tail
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/devel/p5-File-Tail/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install devel/p5-File-Tail
  • pkg install p5-File-Tail
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: p5-File-Tail
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
distinfo:
SHA256 (File-Tail-1.3.tar.gz) = 26d09f81836e43eae40028d5283fe5620fe6fe6278bf3eb8eb600c48ec34afc7 SIZE (File-Tail-1.3.tar.gz) = 24412
Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
p5-File-Tail
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest1.31.31.31.31.3n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:13:quarterly1.31.31.31.31.3n/an/an/a
FreeBSD:14:latest1.31.31.31.31.31.3-1.3
FreeBSD:14:quarterly1.31.3-1.31.31.31.31.3
FreeBSD:15:latest1.31.3n/a1.3n/an/a1.31.3
FreeBSD:15:quarterly-1.3n/a-n/an/a--
FreeBSD:16:latest-1.3n/a-n/an/a--
Dependencies
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Build dependencies:
  1. perl5>=5.32.r0<5.33 : lang/perl5.32
Runtime dependencies:
  1. perl5>=5.32.r0<5.33 : lang/perl5.32
This port is required by:
for Build
  1. security/swatchdog

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. security/swatch*
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for Run
  1. dns/bindgraph
  2. mail/couriergraph
  3. mail/imapsync
  4. mail/mailgraph
  5. mail/ovs
  6. security/swatchdog
  7. sysutils/lmon

Deleted ports which required this port:

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  1. mail/postpals*
  2. security/blocksshd*
  3. security/sshblock*
  4. security/swatch*
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* - deleted ports are only shown under the This port is required by section. It was harder to do for the Required section. Perhaps later...
Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
devel_p5-File-Tail
USES:
perl5
FreshPorts was unable to extract/find any pkg message
Master Sites:
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  1. ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  2. ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/
  3. ftp://ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  4. ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  5. ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  6. ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/cpan.perl.org/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  7. http://backpan.perl.org/modules/by-module/File/
  8. http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  9. http://ftp.twaren.net/Unix/Lang/CPAN/modules/by-module/File/
  10. https://cpan.metacpan.org/modules/by-module/
  11. https://cpan.metacpan.org/modules/by-module/File/
  12. https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/File/
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