On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 12:19:10 -0400 Cindy Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just poking my nose in to say that syslog might be an example of that. > That's speaking from the annoying firsthand experience of having > something like /var/log/syslog loaded in the Mousepad text editor. It > will keep announcing that the content changed behind the scenes so do > I want to refresh to view that newest addition (or some similar > advisement). Well, try using emacs for watching syslog. It will simply load it and be silent about external changes until you try to save edits. Or you can invoke auto-revert-mode, and it will load changes for you, and follow the bottom of the file if you like. Or use "tail -f". -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
