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bug#10442: maybe a bug for "tail"


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: bug#10442: maybe a bug for "tail"
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:58:07 +0100
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yukuan <address@hidden> writes:

> When I user "tail -f FILENAME" to follow a file, which is continually 
> growing, the output sometimes stops. When I press ctrl-c to quit and right 
> immediately follow the same file, output would continue. And I found the file 
> is growing while the output stops.

Does it also happen if you use "tail -F"?

Andreas.

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