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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-09-12 07:31:19 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2001-09-12 07:31:19 +0000 |
| commit | 940b6777c042714a9cbcbc078bb4d80144f9fdfc (patch) | |
| tree | 0efba44b783eca61e779c26c1b2f500383f16c18 /doc | |
| parent | e440740bd9ffc08ec232297028b2af50c86067dd (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-940b6777c042714a9cbcbc078bb4d80144f9fdfc.tar.xz | |
(tail invocation): Document new option: -F.
From Herbert Xu.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index ec315eb94..a30d45c08 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2099,6 +2099,12 @@ growing. The option values @samp{descriptor} and @samp{name} may be specified only with the long form of the option, not with @option{-f}. +@item -F +@opindex -F +This option is the same as @option{--follow=name --retry}. That is, tail +will attempt to reopen a file when it is removed. Should this fail, tail +will keep trying until it becomes accessible again. + @itemx --retry @opindex --retry This option is meaningful only when following by name. |