Package: coreutils
Version: 8.23-4
I am running tail in a dedicated window for some days now:
% ps -ef | grep tai[l]
hdunkel 2928 2915 0 Aug15 pts/1 00:00:00 tail --retry
--max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages
Problem: It's frozen. /var/log/messages is changing all the
time, but tail doesn't recognize.
lsof -p shows:
% lsof -p 2928
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() tracefs file system /sys/kernel/debug/tracing
Output information may be incomplete.
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
tail 2928 hdunkel cwd DIR 0,40 20480 189573782 /home/hdunkel
(nfs-data:/space/home)
tail 2928 hdunkel rtd DIR 259,0 4096 2 /
tail 2928 hdunkel txt REG 259,0 64232 657851 /usr/bin/tail
tail 2928 hdunkel mem REG 259,0 1738176 1724334
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so
tail 2928 hdunkel mem REG 259,0 140928 1724331
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so
tail 2928 hdunkel 0u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1
tail 2928 hdunkel 1u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1
tail 2928 hdunkel 2u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1
tail 2928 hdunkel 3r REG 259,0 100176 263640 /var/log/messages.1
(deleted)
tail 2928 hdunkel 4r 0000 0,11 0 8294 anon_inode
AFAICT this is not supposed to happen. According to the man
page "tail --retry --max-unchanged-stats=5" should reopen
/var/log/messages.
Regards
Harri
