SnakeTail is (practically) unable to process very large log files. I cancelled
trying to open a 5GB log file after 5 minutes (SnakeTail indicated "loading";
high CPU + Kernel times load).
Looking at the memory consumption, it does not look like the full file is
loaded into memory, so I guess it is just read through to find the tail of the
file (maybe also to count the number of lines in order to display a proper
scrollbar?).
It would be much faster if the file position would be set to end of file and
then the last n characters read. This would really enable using this tool with
the large log files I keep encountering.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by ka...@bilby.de on 20 Dec 2013 at 12:20
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
ka...@bilby.deon 20 Dec 2013 at 12:20