# Windows tail development.log

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 20, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772 "2008-11-20T23:08:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/1 "2008-11-20T23:08:23Z")

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Hi

unfortunately I have to develop on a windows machine from time to  
time. But there is a little problem, mostly for debugging.  
How can I get the same output on the console as in a linux box or on  
the mac?

I don’t see the full output from the logger on the console.  
How can I get the full output? SQL and so on

thank you veeery much!

Rafael

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/2 "2008-11-20T23:13:04Z")

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On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Rafael [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> unfortunately I have to develop on a windows machine from time to  
> time. But there is a little problem, mostly for debugging.  
> How can I get the same output on the console as in a linux box or on  
> the mac?
> 
> I don’t see the full output from the logger on the console.  
> How can I get the full output? SQL and so on

dos != tty

Install cygwin.

[http://www.cygwin.com/](http://www.cygwin.com/)

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/3 "2008-11-20T23:40:37Z")

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Hi, when I used Windows to develop with Rails, I had to use a ‘tail’,  
here are some options to you:

[http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=windows+tail&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&meta=](http://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=windows+tail&btnG=Pesquisa+Google&meta=)

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/4 "2008-11-20T23:56:26Z")

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Hi Rafael,

have a look at mtail: [mTAIL - A tail program for Windows](http://ophilipp.free.fr/op_tail.htm)

Kind regards,  
Nicolai

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/5 "2008-11-21T00:36:14Z")

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Hey thanks guys for all the tipps!

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/6 "2008-11-21T15:32:45Z")

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Open it in EditPlus and it gets refreshed…

Cheers, SAzima

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/7 "2008-11-21T17:26:36Z")

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Try wormtail that’s what I used before.

Ramon T.

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**Author:** ![rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rafael](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rafael)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/windows-tail-development-log/153772/8 "2008-11-21T19:16:19Z")

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Yet another choice, if you have to work under MotherShip…

> **[error](https://about.att.com/error.html)**
>
> Error Page

Rick