How to read the last 10lines of a log file

[jazz2k8]

Hi

I am having file import process in my application for which i am having a log file.
what is the challenging task here is
in that log file latest imported file information should be stored that should be displayed to the browser as "Current Status Tag"

The last 10 files log should be displayed to the browser.

i can display the whole log in the browser by refreshing the browser while importing ,if the log is not appended further,then i can display only the  last line also.

i want to display the last content of the log file..please assist me how to move further...

thanks and regards,
jazz

[Arkie]

Do you know how to read a file?
If so, read the file before displaying the data in the browser.

you can do your reading in a bean and return the result in your taglib to iterate through the data before the servlet is initialized. I don't remember the method but i think it was either init or doGet?