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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-09-08 17:19:51 +0000
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2006-09-08 17:19:51 +0000
commit5c81574ed52d294a58617c9bb8b86fb0caa1f71e (patch)
tree8faccf4d3991af4d9ec5a8f90f9a440e0d4261b5 /doc/coreutils.texi
parentd7619b5fe899074ef196154b2eec54d51290d450 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-5c81574ed52d294a58617c9bb8b86fb0caa1f71e.tar.xz
tail now ignores the -f option if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set,
no file operand is given, and standard input is any FIFO.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
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@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ with the long form of the option, not with @option{-f}.
@vindex POSIXLY_CORRECT
If @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is set, the @option{-f} option is ignored if
-no @var{file} operand is specified and standard input is a pipe.
+no @var{file} operand is specified and standard input is a FIFO or a pipe.
@item -F
@opindex -F