This is not a simple issue of "the linux tail works, and the cygwin tail doesn't". You're exporting an smb share, which most likely (or could possibly) affect buffering/flushing. At any rate, if the linux tail is working for you, use it.
cheers, -Matt > I've read the archives (now that I found it) about other people posting > about this. However, this does not change the fact that linux's version of > tail works plenty fine with viewing IIS logfiles vs. Cygwin's version of > tail. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:39 AM > To: Cygwin > Cc: Scott Alexander > Subject: Re: tail -f problem > > > This is not the fault of tail, rather IIS. Search the archives if you're > interested why. > > cheers, > -Matt Smith > > > > > With cygwin's tail, the output is not quite the same as the linux version > of > > tail. With Cygwin's version, I will get output with tail -f, but the > > updates aren't "realtime" as the linux version -- the updates are barely > > shown at all, if ever. Here are the different methods I used to try and > > parse the IIS log file: > > Thanks, > > -Scott -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
