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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-09 09:13:42 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-09 09:13:42 +0000 |
commit | 290fd86565934dccdb5eadd4f1fc09ea8068c200 (patch) | |
tree | d85d7b6375a1988f6758b5b836be41575be1a251 /doc/textutils.texi | |
parent | b6d1fca450cca3f7994fc0c1645f99e7eaa16ded (diff) | |
download | coreutils-290fd86565934dccdb5eadd4f1fc09ea8068c200.tar.xz |
Include constants.texi.
(tail invocation): Use `@value's instead of referring to the
output of `tail --help'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/textutils.texi')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/textutils.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index 1c1a9a95c..5d9e1e8ea 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ @c %**end of header @include version.texi +@include constants.texi @c Define new indices. @defcodeindex op @@ -1550,21 +1551,22 @@ will print a warning if this is the case. This option is meaningful only when following by name. Use it to control how long @code{tail} follows the descriptor of a file that continues growing at a rapid pace even after it is deleted or renamed. -After detecting @var{n} consecutive size changes for a file, +After detecting @var{n} +(default N=@value{DEFAULT_MAX_N_CONSECUTIVE_SIZE_CHANGES}) +consecutive size changes for a file, @code{open}/@code{fstat} the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the same device/inode-number pair as before. -See the output of @code{tail --help} for the default value. @itemx --max-unchanged-stats=@var{n} @opindex --max-unchanged-stats -When tailing a file by name, if there have been this many consecutive +When tailing a file by name, if there have been @var{n} (default +N=@value{DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS}) consecutive iterations for which the size has remained the same, then @code{open}/@code{fstat} the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the same device/inode-number pair as before. When following a log file that is rotated, this is approximately the number of seconds between when tail prints the last pre-rotation lines and when it prints the lines that have accumulated in the new log file. -See the output of @code{tail --help} for the default value. This option is meaningful only when following by name. @itemx -n @var{n} |