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| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 3d5e2212f..28a0e26a9 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -1486,11 +1486,24 @@ tail_forever_inotify (int wd, struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, /* Remove `fspec' and re-add it using `new_fd' as its key. */ hash_delete (wd_to_name, fspec); fspec->wd = new_wd; + + /* If the file was moved then inotify will use the source file wd for + the destination file. Make sure the key is not present in the + table. */ + struct File_spec *prev = hash_delete (wd_to_name, fspec); + if (prev && prev != fspec) + { + if (follow_mode == Follow_name) + recheck (prev, false); + prev->wd = -1; + close_fd (prev->fd, pretty_name (prev)); + } + if (hash_insert (wd_to_name, fspec) == NULL) xalloc_die (); if (follow_mode == Follow_name) - recheck (&(f[j]), false); + recheck (fspec, false); } else { |