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authorPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-01-29 01:17:53 +0000
committerPádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>2014-01-29 01:17:53 +0000
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stat,tail: improve support for HFS+ and HFSX
* src/stat.c (human_fstype): Add new file system ID definitions. * NEWS: Mention the improvement. Fixes http://bugs.gnu.org/16336
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@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
it would display an error, requiring --no-dereference to avoid the issue.
[bug introduced in coreutils-5.3.0]
+** Improvements
+
+ stat and tail work better with HFS+ and HFSX. stat -f --format=%T now reports
+ the file system type, and tail -f now uses inotify for files, rather than the
+ default of issuing a warning and reverting to polling.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 8.22 (2013-12-13) [stable]