# Re: ruby eventlog monitor for windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-eventlog-monitor-for-windows/58770>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 25, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-eventlog-monitor-for-windows/58770 "2006-04-25T19:47:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@BergerS\_Daniel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/BergerS_Daniel)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-ruby-eventlog-monitor-for-windows/58770/1 "2006-04-25T19:47:45Z")

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> Something like an event viewer yet very powerful,

require ‘win32/eventlog’  
include Win32

# Tail the event log

EventLog.open(‘Application’).tail{ |log|  
p log  
}

# Read an event log

EventLog.read(‘Application’){ |log|  
p log  
}

Regards,

Dan

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