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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 09afeec99..9a2f5ae82 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -1404,7 +1404,13 @@ tail_forever_inotify (int wd, struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, if (ev->mask & (IN_ATTRIB | IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF)) { - if (ev->mask & (IN_DELETE_SELF | IN_MOVE_SELF)) + /* For IN_DELETE_SELF, we always want to remove the watch. + However, for IN_MOVE_SELF (the file we're watching has + been clobbered via a rename), when tailing by NAME, we + must continue to watch the file. It's only when following + by file descriptor that we must remove the watch. */ + if ((ev->mask & IN_DELETE_SELF) + || ((ev->mask & IN_MOVE_SELF) && follow_mode == Follow_descriptor)) { inotify_rm_watch (wd, f[i].wd); hash_delete (wd_table, &(f[i])); |