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bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and f
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Bernhard Voelker |
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bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored |
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Wed, 9 Nov 2016 00:50:28 +0100 |
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On 11/09/2016 12:44 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> and even more strange: when 'missing_file' then appears
> later, tail doesn't terminate when both files are removed:
oops, forget about this: we're following by descriptor, and
tail can not know if the file is still opened by other processes.
Sorry, ... time to go to bed.
So your conclusion seems correct: tail shouldn't re-try to
open("missing_file") in the -f case.
Have a nice day,
Berny