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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-07-30 21:03:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1999-07-30 21:03:35 +0000 |
| commit | f18a0a433135a8ec4723701f86dfbb8860c21d6c (patch) | |
| tree | 684c2d6eeea4f5d93ccb2a0b424400f7dd4972ce /doc | |
| parent | 9200ad37c96b562aff025a46d8f43b56b3abf562 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f18a0a433135a8ec4723701f86dfbb8860c21d6c.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index d24268383..748160ced 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ build completes. Without this option, you would have had to kill the @example make >& makerr & tail --pid=$! -f makerr @end example -If you specify a valid @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not +If you specify a @var{pid} that is not in use or that does not correspond to the process that is writing to the tailed files, then @code{tail} may terminate long before any @var{file}s stop growing or it may not terminate until long after the real writer process has |