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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-01-02 19:10:39 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2006-01-02 19:10:39 +0000 |
| commit | f78f184a1489681f15a6f735f4321ab2e4b0cc15 (patch) | |
| tree | dfecd98e9635a5a7ba1aa1ebb26215625ca0ac4d /doc | |
| parent | 6aab791a58f94cdbfa150176c2df13eadc9d5da6 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-f78f184a1489681f15a6f735f4321ab2e4b0cc15.tar.xz | |
(tail invocation): Say that --retry
is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index a27fe3e58..156331032 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2477,7 +2477,8 @@ will keep trying until it becomes accessible again. @itemx --retry @opindex --retry -This option is meaningful only when following by name. +This option is useful mainly when following by name (i.e., with +@option{--follow=name}). Without this option, when tail encounters a file that doesn't exist or is otherwise inaccessible, it reports that fact and never checks it again. |