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Diffstat (limited to 'src/tail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/tail.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 28a0e26a9..8195deedf 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -316,14 +316,10 @@ GB 1000*1000*1000, G 1024*1024*1024, and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.\n\ 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. \ -"), stdout); - fputs (_("\ -This default behavior is not desirable when you really want to\n\ +its end. 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\ -recreated by some other program.\n\ +named file in a way that accommodates renaming, removal and creation.\n\ "), stdout); emit_ancillary_info (); } |