From 249d9a3ca429e508958e87c636c1b6a4a8d75f12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:08:08 +0200 Subject: doc: tail/inotify does use --sleep-interval=S, with --pid=P * doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Mention it. * src/tail.c (usage): Likewise. (tail_forever_inotify): Clarify comment. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi') diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index b7ccf3849..d2377f41b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2852,7 +2852,10 @@ changed size. Historical implementations of @command{tail} have required that @var{number} be an integer. However, GNU @command{tail} accepts an arbitrary floating point number. @xref{Floating point}. -When @command{tail} uses inotify, this polling-related option is ignored. +When @command{tail} uses inotify, this polling-related option +is usually ignored. However, if you also specify @option{--pid=@var{p}}, +@command{tail} checks whether process @var{p} is alive at least +every @var{number} seconds. @itemx --pid=@var{pid} @opindex --pid -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2