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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 924221016..2af9693de 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\ - (this is the usual case of rotated log files)\n\ + (this is the usual case of rotated log files).\n\ + With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ "), DEFAULT_N_LINES, DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS @@ -300,7 +301,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\ - (default 1.0) between iterations\n\ + (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\ + With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); |