Hi Bob,
On 09/06/2016 07:05 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> The man page says:
>
>-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
> output appended data as the file grows;
>
> an absent option argument means 'descriptor'
>
I see. "name" is not a file name, but a literal. My fai
Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
> > > tail --retry doesn't
> > Oh the file is renamed.
> > You probably need `tail -F` rather than `tail -f --retry`
>
> Please check the man page.
The man page says:
-f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
output appended data as the fil
On 09/05/2016 11:15 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>
> Oh the file is renamed.
> You probably need `tail -F` rather than `tail -f --retry`
>
Please check the man page.
On 05/09/16 07:07, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> coreutils 8.25-2 seems to have the same problem. Sample:
>
>
> % ps -ef | grep tail
> harri 3815 3783 0 Aug30 pts/300:00:00 tail --retry
> --max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages
> harri11756 11708 0 08:00 pts/400:00:00 grep tail
coreutils 8.25-2 seems to have the same problem. Sample:
% ps -ef | grep tail
harri 3815 3783 0 Aug30 pts/300:00:00 tail --retry
--max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages
harri11756 11708 0 08:00 pts/400:00:00 grep tail
% lsof -p 3815
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVI
On 29/08/16 08:55, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 8.23-4
>
> I am running tail in a dedicated window for some days now:
>
> % ps -ef | grep tai[l]
> hdunkel 2928 2915 0 Aug15 pts/100:00:00 tail --retry
> --max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages
>
> Problem: It'
Package: coreutils
Version: 8.23-4
I am running tail in a dedicated window for some days now:
% ps -ef | grep tai[l]
hdunkel 2928 2915 0 Aug15 pts/100:00:00 tail --retry
--max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages
Problem: It's frozen. /var/log/messages is changing all the
time, but ta
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