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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-07-26 09:03:15 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>1999-07-26 09:03:15 +0000
commite3a15bed3c9b88c4033eb15e947e52a82518ea04 (patch)
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diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
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@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ struct File_spec
};
-/* FIXME: describe */
+/* Keep trying to open a file even if it is inaccessible when tail starts
+ or if it becomes inaccessible later -- useful only with -f. */
static int reopen_inaccessible_files;
/* If nonzero, interpret the numeric argument as the number of lines.