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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b7ccf3849..d2377f41b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2852,7 +2852,10 @@ 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. @xref{Floating point}. -When @command{tail} uses inotify, this polling-related option is ignored. +When @command{tail} uses inotify, this polling-related option +is usually ignored. However, if you also specify @option{--pid=@var{p}}, +@command{tail} checks whether process @var{p} is alive at least +every @var{number} seconds. @itemx --pid=@var{pid} @opindex --pid |