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authorGiuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org>2009-06-02 08:28:23 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2009-06-15 18:34:14 +0200
commitae494d4be80df2aff50a2ac46fdc0c23de109ea3 (patch)
treeca567ba9ae1d870b139778df835707eb1e358ee2 /NEWS
parent358aca5fb9cb67c593aa5f1ddf166dbefcf55f0c (diff)
downloadcoreutils-ae494d4be80df2aff50a2ac46fdc0c23de109ea3.tar.xz
tail: use inotify if it is available
* NEWS: Document the new feature. * m4/jm-macros.m4: Check if inotify is present. * src/tail.c (tail_forever_inotify): New function. (main): Use the inotify-based function, if possible. * tests/Makefile.am: Add new tests for tail. * tests/test-lib.sh (require_proc_pid_status_, get_process_status_): New functions. * tests/tail-2/pid: New file. * tests/tail-2/wait: New file. * tests/tail-2/tail-n0f: Refactor code into the test-lib.sh require_proc_pid_status_ function.
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@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
sort accepts a new option, --human-numeric-sort (-h): sort numbers
while honoring human readable suffixes like KiB and MB etc.
+ tail uses inotify when possible.
+
* Noteworthy changes in release 7.4 (2009-05-07) [stable]