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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b35f5f363..142769cc0 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2185,11 +2185,13 @@ 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. -@itemx --sleep-interval=@var{n} +@itemx --sleep-interval=@var{number} @opindex --sleep-interval -Change the number of seconds to wait between iterations (the default is 1). +Change the number of seconds to wait between iterations (the default is 1.0). During one iteration, every specified file is checked to see if it has -changed size. +Historical implementations of @command{tail} have required that +@var{number} be an integer. However, GNU @command{tail} accepts +an arbitrary floating point number. @itemx --pid=@var{pid} @opindex --pid |