On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:44:29 -0400 Tim Tebbit <tteb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm seeing some really weird problems on my system. I don't know if > > they're at all related, but I'll report them both in the same > > email, in case they are. > > > > 1) tail -f stops working - I see the tail of the file, but it fails > > to refresh when content is added to the file. What on earth could > > be causing this? This is tail from coreutils - nothing fancy, no > > inotify dependency, just simple polling of the file! > > ----8<---- > > > > > Anyone have any ideas of where I can look to try to track this stuff > > down? > > > > Celejar > > I also noticed this the other day. tail -F seems to work as I expected > tail -f to. Thanks, but I get the same thing with '-F' Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org