Hi, On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 21:25, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED <m_d_berger_1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Very interesting analysis. swatch uses tail -f, or something > that mimics it to watch the file. I would then guess that as > per your explanation, swatch contilues to watch the "old file".
Yes, actually using "tail -f" in a terminal while using "vi" to rewrite the logfile in another terminal you can check that yourself. You can also use "ls -li" to show the "inode number" of the file, you will see that after saving the file with "vi" the inode will change, which will mean that it's a new file. Filipe _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
