How to use QProcess to show tail command output of a log file on QTextEdit Window?
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Please use "code wrappers":http://qt-project.org/wiki/ForumHelp#e3f82045ad0f480d3fb9e0ac2d58fb01 This improves the readability of your code sections. I have introduced them for you this time.
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The waitForReadyRead is certainly not sufficient. Your program will continue as soon as some information may be read. The waitForFinished may have a similar problem when the command you are executing is taking longer than 30 sec (30000 msec is the default).
In general it will be better to use with the signals emitted. You should have a look to the "communicating-via-channels":https://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qprocess.html#communicating-via-channels section of the documentation. This might be a start for you.
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this is the modification that i did,but now it doesn't give any output on the window!
Isn't readyReadStandardOutput() an appropriate signal?@
logFile::logFile(QWidget *parent):QMainWindow(parent),ui(new Ui::logFile)
{
process=new QProcess();
connect(process,SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()),this,SLOT(loadTextFile()));
ui->setupUi(this);
loadTextFile();
}void logFile::on_findButton_clicked()
{
QString searchString=ui->lineEdit->text();
ui->logTextEdit->find(searchString,QTextDocument::FindWholeWords);
}void logFile::loadTextFile()
{
QFile file("/var/log/system.log");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly|QIODevice::Text);
QTextStream in(&file);
//QString line=in.readAll();
QString cmd("tail");
QProcess* process=new QProcess(this);
process->start(QFile::encodeName(cmd).data(),QStringList()<<"-f"<<"/var/log/sys.log");
//process->waitForReadyRead() or waitForFinished;
QString tmp=process->readAll();
qdebug()<<tmp;
file.close();
ui->logTextEdit->setPlainText(tmp);
QTextCursor cursor->logTextEdit->textCursor();
cursor.movePosition(QTextCursor:: Start,QTextCursor::MoveAnchor,1);
}
@LOGFILE.H
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class logFile:public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
logFile(QWidget *parent =0);
~logFile();
*QProcess process;
public slots:
void loadTextFile();
private slots:
void on_findButton_clicked();
};
@Edit: code formatting. Please format your code in a readable manner yourself next time. If you want to get help, it helps if you make it easy on the people that might be able to help you...; Andre
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There are so many problems in this piece of code, that I don't know where to begin. To name a few:
You are connecting to the signal of an empty QProcess instance, that is not doing anything
In your loadTextFile function, you create a new QProcess on each invokation
That new instance is not the one declared in your class under the same name...
The new process isn't connected to anything
You should really create one QProcess instance, connect to that objects signals, and work from there.
Alternatively, you might look into using QFileSystemWatcher on that file instead of using tail via QProcess.
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You can mimic part of tail -f by holding a QTimer that for example fires every second. In a slot connected to the timout signal of that timer, you just check the still open file for new data and read that.
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class logFile: QObject (or QWidget) {
public:
logFile(QObject *parent);protected slots:
readData();private:
QTimer timer;
QFile logFile;
QTextStream logStream;
};logFile::logFile(QObject *parent)
{
logFile.setFileName("/var/log/system.log");
logFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly|QIODevice::Text);
logStream.setDevice(logFile);
// read the current file contents here if neededconnect(&timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(readData())); timer.start(1000);}
void logFile::readData()
{
while(!logStream.atEnd()) {
QString line = logStream.readLine();
// supposing logTextEdit is a QPlainTextEdit
ui->logTextEdit->appendPlainText(line);
ui->logTextEdit->appendPlainText("\n");
}
}
@[Brain to terminal, not tested.]
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as suggested i have changed the code and am using QFileSystemWatcher.But i am still not getting the result,i think there is some mistake somewhere in my code,i can't figure out.
Ui form appears for a fraction of second and then the application terminates unexpectedly.
here's the code:-
LOGFILE.h
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public slots:
void readContents(QString);
@LOGFILE.cpp
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logFile::logFile(QWidget *parent):QMainWindow(parent),ui(new Ui::logFile)
{
QFile *logFile = new QFile("/path/to/log/file");
new QTextStream(logFile);
QFileSystemWatcher fileWatcher = new QFileSystemWatcher(this) ;
fileWatcher->addPath("/path/to/log/file");
QObject::connect(fileWatcher, SIGNAL(fileChanged(QString)), this, SLOT(readContents(QString))) ;
}void logFile::readContents(QString path)
{
QFile *logFile;
QString textAppended ;
int newSize = logFile->size();
int oldSize;
if(newSize > oldSize)
{
if(!logFile->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
{
textAppended = "Error in opening the File";
//showOutput();
ui->logTextEdit->setPlainText(textAppended);
return;
}
else
{
logFile->seek((logFile->size() - 1) - (newSize - oldSize));
QTextStream txtStream(logFile);
while(!txtStream.atEnd())
{
textAppended = txtStream.readLine();
}
// showOutput();
ui->logTextEdit->setPlainText(textAppended);
}
oldSize = newSize;
logFile->close();
}
}
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In readContents(), logFile is not initialized. Your program crashes.
In the constructor, you create a QTextStream, but don't keep it anywhere.
May I ask if you have any experience with C++ at all? It dosen't look so, and I would suggest to take the time for some online tutorial on C++ before you continue with Qt.
