fastnetmon-rewritten/fastnetmon_client.cpp

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <ncurses.h>

using namespace std;

int main() {
    // Init ncurses screen 
    initscr();

    // disable any character output 
    noecho();
    // hide cursor
    curs_set(0);

    while (true) {
        sleep(1);
        // clean up screen
        clear();

        ifstream reading_file;
        reading_file.open("/tmp/fastnetmon.dat", std::ifstream::in);

        if (!reading_file.is_open()) {
            std::cout<<"Can't open fastnetmon stats file";
        }
        
        string line = "";
        stringstream screen_buffer;
        while ( getline(reading_file, line) ) {
            screen_buffer<<line<<"\n";
        }

        reading_file.close();

        printw( screen_buffer.str().c_str() );
        // update screen
        refresh();
    }

    /* End ncurses mode */
    endwin();
}