[debbugs-tracker] bug#10442: closed (maybe a bug for "tail")

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: maybe a bug for "tail" Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:27:42 +0000

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.

(BTW, it’s a log file with timestamp, so I am sure the file is growing. And while writing this mail, the file in another window stops, again.)

Maybe it is a bug, or not. Please explain this for me.

Thanks!

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> 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"?
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> In private mails, the user confirmed that
> the file is being renamed, and thus -F is required.
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> cheers,
> Pádraig.
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