# Newbie Capistrano / Mongrel / debugging question

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-capistrano-mongrel-debugging-question/122780>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 12, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-capistrano-mongrel-debugging-question/122780 "2007-12-12T03:49:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 12, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-capistrano-mongrel-debugging-question/122780/1 "2007-12-12T03:49:22Z")

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This is a very particular case of a general need:

I am coding on a Mac and deploying using capistrano onto a mongrel  
cluster on my server.

What’s the best way for me to keep an eye on the ./shared/logs/  
production.log file as it grows on the server from my mac.

The obvious one is to have a shell window open and having a tail -f  
going. But is there something more elegant and productive? What’s the  
best practice here?