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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-04-23 16:08:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2011-04-25 10:55:27 +0200 |
| commit | 249d9a3ca429e508958e87c636c1b6a4a8d75f12 (patch) | |
| tree | f40ec1a52f1516e1b1491fdfa74c757e4025cc6a /src/tail.c | |
| parent | 302cfcaeab531138d59e4835ef77020a750e71f9 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-249d9a3ca429e508958e87c636c1b6a4a8d75f12.tar.xz | |
doc: tail/inotify does use --sleep-interval=S, with --pid=P
* doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Mention it.
* src/tail.c (usage): Likewise.
(tail_forever_inotify): Clarify comment.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index bcd2d9970..88fbd10b8 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\ (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\ - With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ + With inotify and --pid=P, check process P at\n\ + least once every N seconds.\n\ -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); @@ -1422,9 +1423,10 @@ tail_forever_inotify (int wd, struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, evlen += sizeof (struct inotify_event) + 1; evbuf = xmalloc (evlen); - /* Wait for inotify events and handle them. Events on directories make sure - that watched files can be re-added when -F is used. - This loop sleeps on the `safe_read' call until a new event is notified. */ + /* Wait for inotify events and handle them. Events on directories + ensure that watched files can be re-added when following by name. + This loop blocks on the `safe_read' call until a new event is notified. + But when --pid=P is specified, tail usually waits via the select. */ while (1) { struct File_spec *fspec; |