Spinner

Spinner, A Service Monitor and file tail executable for Windows Containers.

Usage

spinner [command]
Available Commands:
help Help about any command
service Watch a Windows Service
site Watch a Site
version All software has versions. This is Spinner's.
Flags:
--config string config file (default is $HOME/.spinner.yaml)
-d, --debug Print debug logging
-h, --help help for spinner
-t, --tail string Path to file to tail and pipe to STDOUT.
Service Usage:
spinner service [name] [flags]
Site Usage:
spinner site [url] [flags]

Examples

spinner.exe service W3SVC -t c:\\iislog\\W3SVC\\u_extend1.log
spinner.exe site http://localhost -t c:\\iislog\\W3SVC\\u_extend1.log

Note

Spinner will exit if the file does not already exist. Make sure to generate an event and flush the buffer immediately or wait for the file to generate before starting Spinner.

CMD Start-Service W3SVC; `
Invoke-WebRequest http://localhost -UseBasicParsing | Out-Null; `
netsh http flush logbuffer | Out-Null; `
spinner.exe service W3SVC -t c:\\iislog\\W3SVC\\u_extend1.log

The Linux build is experimental and does not include the service command.