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bug#10442: maybe a bug for "tail"
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#10442: maybe a bug for "tail" |
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Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:49:29 +0000 |
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tags 10442 notabug
On 01/06/2012 10:58 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> yukuan <address@hidden> writes:
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>> 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.
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> Does it also happen if you use "tail -F"?
In private mails, the user confirmed that
the file is being renamed, and thus -F is required.
cheers,
Pádraig.