On 01/06/2012 07:27 AM, yukuan wrote: > 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! >
What version of tail? What file system is the log file on (is it remote for example)? What kernel version? Does it work with the undocumented ---disable-inotify option? cheers, Pádraig.
