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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index cdaecddc4..373575705 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -294,9 +294,7 @@ With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.\n\ fputs (_("\ --pid=PID with -f, terminate after process ID, PID dies\n\ -q, --quiet, --silent never output headers giving file names\n\ - --retry keep trying to open a file even when it is or\n\ - becomes inaccessible; useful when following by\n\ - name, i.e., with --follow=name\n\ + --retry keep trying to open a file if it is inaccessible\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\ @@ -2030,8 +2028,14 @@ parse_options (int argc, char **argv, } } - if (reopen_inaccessible_files && follow_mode != Follow_name) - error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry is useful mainly when following by name")); + if (reopen_inaccessible_files) + { + if (!forever) + error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry ignored; --retry is useful" + " only when following")); + else if (follow_mode == Follow_descriptor) + error (0, 0, _("warning: --retry only effective for the initial open")); + } if (pid && !forever) error (0, 0, @@ -2182,6 +2186,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) in this case because it would miss any updates to the file that were not initiated from the local system. + ok is false when one of the files specified could not be opened for + reading. In this case and when following by descriptor, + tail_forever_inotify() cannot be used (in its current implementation). + FIXME: inotify doesn't give any notification when a new (remote) file or directory is mounted on top a watched file. When follow_mode == Follow_name we would ideally like to detect that. @@ -2193,7 +2201,8 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) is recreated, then we don't recheck any new file when follow_mode == Follow_name */ if (!disable_inotify && (tailable_stdin (F, n_files) - || any_remote_file (F, n_files))) + || any_remote_file (F, n_files) + || (!ok && follow_mode == Follow_descriptor))) disable_inotify = true; if (!disable_inotify) |