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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 04a5e6e89..da757ad15 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -285,19 +285,26 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ If the first character of N (the number of bytes or lines) is a `+',\n\ print beginning with the Nth item from the start of each file, otherwise,\n\ print the last N items in the file. N may have a multiplier suffix:\n\ -b for 512, k for 1024, m for 1048576 (1 Meg). A first OPTION of -VALUE\n\ +b for 512, k for 1024, m for 1048576 (1 Meg). \ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ +A first OPTION of -VALUE\n\ or +VALUE is treated like -n VALUE or -n +VALUE unless VALUE has one of\n\ the [bkm] suffix multipliers, in which case it is treated like -c VALUE\n\ +or -c +VALUE. \ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -or -c +VALUE. Warning: a first option of +VALUE is obsolescent, and support\n\ +Warning: a first option of +VALUE is obsolescent, and support\n\ for it will be withdrawn.\n\ \n\ +"), stdout); + fputs (_("\ With --follow (-f), tail defaults to following the file descriptor, which\n\ means that even if a tail'ed file is renamed, tail will continue to track\n\ -its end. This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\ +its end. \ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ +This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\ track the actual name of the file, not the file descriptor (e.g., log\n\ rotation). Use --follow=name in that case. That causes tail to track the\n\ named file by reopening it periodically to see if it has been removed and\n\ |