# File firewall/lib/symbiosis/firewall/logtail.rb, line 13
      def initialize(file, database = '/var/lib/symbiosis/firewall-logtail.db')
        #
        # hmm.. maybe we should deal with this a bit better?
        #
        raise Errno::ENOENT, file unless File.exists?(file)
        @filename = file
        @pos = nil 
        @identifier = nil
        @lines = []

        @dbh = SQLite3::Database.new(database)
        @tbl_name = "logtail"
        create_table
      end