attpcdaq.daq.workertasks.WorkerInterface.tail_file

WorkerInterface.tail_file(path, num_lines=50)

Retrieve the tail of a text file on the remote host.

Note that this assumes the file is ASCII-encoded plain text.

Parameters:

• path (str) – Path to the file.
• num_lines (int) – The number of lines to include.

Returns:

The tail of the file’s contents.

Return type:

str