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SeekInfo is not reset on truncation if LocationInfo is provided #78

@pavan-kalyan

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@pavan-kalyan

Describe the bug
When Location info is provided in tail.Config and the file is truncated to 0 and new lines are written to it. the tailer doesn't always return those new lines.
Expected behaviour
I would assume that when the file gets truncated the seek resets as it's potentially no longer applicable. In my case, I reset it to 0 (default behaviour in go's os.WriteFile).

I think there should be an option to do this or a way this event or info is exposed so, I can reset the seek.
To Reproduce

		tailer, err := tail.TailFile(logFilePath, tail.Config{
			Follow:   true,
			ReOpen:   true,
			MustExist: true,
			Poll:     false,
			CompleteLines: false,
			Location: &tail.SeekInfo{
			Offset: 99999999999,
			Whence: 0,
		         },
			Logger:   tail.DefaultLogger,
		})

Then I do os.WriteFile(logFilePath, newDataOf555Bytes)

but tailer.Tell() still shows 99999999999 when trying to read the file. Even though, tail already reports reopening the file via the DefaultLogger.
System information

  • tail version: e.g. 1.4.11
  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04
  • Arch: x64

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