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| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 8e6c8ac96..3d5e2212f 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -1474,15 +1474,18 @@ tail_forever_inotify (int wd, struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, continue; /* It's fine to add the same file more than once. */ - f[j].wd = inotify_add_watch (wd, f[j].name, inotify_wd_mask); - - if (f[j].wd < 0) + int new_wd = inotify_add_watch (wd, f[j].name, inotify_wd_mask); + if (new_wd < 0) { error (0, errno, _("cannot watch %s"), quote (f[j].name)); continue; } fspec = &(f[j]); + + /* Remove `fspec' and re-add it using `new_fd' as its key. */ + hash_delete (wd_to_name, fspec); + fspec->wd = new_wd; if (hash_insert (wd_to_name, fspec) == NULL) xalloc_die (); |