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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 9682a537c..bcd2d9970 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -887,8 +887,11 @@ fremote (int fd, const char *name) int err = fstatfs (fd, &buf); if (err != 0) { - error (0, errno, _("cannot determine location of %s. " - "reverting to polling"), quote (name)); + /* On at least linux-2.6.38, fstatfs fails with ENOSYS when FD + is open on a pipe. Treat that like a remote file. */ + if (errno != ENOSYS) + error (0, errno, _("cannot determine location of %s. " + "reverting to polling"), quote (name)); } else { |