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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-07-01 23:53:05 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-07-01 23:53:05 +0000
commit31acf81fa092fabe5fde9b3f23d564ff2f0b02a3 (patch)
tree2f6c95939931e89548c509eddc789883f6010433 /NEWS
parent2d33a9301bf506d906cc9311f058efadff501806 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-31acf81fa092fabe5fde9b3f23d564ff2f0b02a3.tar.xz
With no operand, 'tail -f' now silently ignores the '-f'
only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
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@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
two hex digits), and the standard sequences (\a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t,
\v, \", \\).
+ With no operand, 'tail -f' now silently ignores the '-f' only if
+ standard input is a FIFO or pipe and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.
+ Formerly, it ignored the '-f' when standard input was a FIFO, pipe,
+ or socket.
+
** Scheduled for removal
ptx's --copyright (-C) option is scheduled for removal in 2007, and