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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 5c75be08d..6bf1e77d0 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -1940,8 +1940,6 @@ tail_file (struct File_spec *f, uintmax_t n_units) ok = false; f->errnum = -1; f->tailable = false; - f->ignore = ! (reopen_inaccessible_files - && follow_mode == Follow_name); error (0, 0, _("%s: cannot follow end of this type of file%s"), quotef (pretty_name (f)), f->ignore ? _("; giving up on this name") : ""); @@ -1949,6 +1947,8 @@ tail_file (struct File_spec *f, uintmax_t n_units) if (!ok) { + f->ignore = ! (reopen_inaccessible_files + && follow_mode == Follow_name); close_fd (fd, pretty_name (f)); f->fd = -1; } |