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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-09 09:10:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2000-04-09 09:10:36 +0000 |
| commit | b6d1fca450cca3f7994fc0c1645f99e7eaa16ded (patch) | |
| tree | 723f736c676e26c42d0aedef3895659aa0bea261 /src | |
| parent | 844f0224f0b0f9f143e5205a1a88400ae6f841f7 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-b6d1fca450cca3f7994fc0c1645f99e7eaa16ded.tar.xz | |
(usage): Clarify descriptions of the --max-* options.
From Karl Berry.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 642d5df22..e6fd12f2e 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -253,10 +253,14 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ -f, --follow, and --follow=descriptor are\n\ equivalent\n\ -n, --lines=N output the last N lines, instead of the last %d\n\ - --max-unchanged-stats=N see the texinfo documentation\n\ - (the default is %d)\n\ - --max-consecutive-size-changes=N see the texinfo documentation\n\ - (the default is %d)\n\ + --max-consecutive-size-changes=N\n\ + with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ + changed size after N (default N=%d) iterations\n\ + to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\ + --max-unchanged-stats=N\n\ + with --follow=name, reopen a FILE after N (default\n\ + N=%d) consecutive size changes to see if it has\n\ + been unlinked or renamed\n\ --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\ -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\ -s, --sleep-interval=S with -f, sleep S seconds between iterations\n\ |