New options for tail: --follow=name, --follow=descriptor, --allow-missing
authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:56:25 +0000 (13:56 +0000)
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 13:56:25 +0000 (13:56 +0000)
commit621691b296d15e255853a6aea745645dfada6596
tree071358dfeb86d23eee35b9f3486561c7c9247118
parent72c9472cc01f7309ea972700c173d4f7283ba4dc
New options for tail: --follow=name, --follow=descriptor, --allow-missing
(Follow_mode): New enum.
(n_live_files): New function.
(tail_forever): Avoid starvation with --follow=name and a
continually-growing unlinked or renamed file.
src/tail.c