From 290fd86565934dccdb5eadd4f1fc09ea8068c200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2000 09:13:42 +0000 Subject: Include constants.texi. (tail invocation): Use `@value's instead of referring to the output of `tail --help'. --- doc/textutils.texi | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/textutils.texi b/doc/textutils.texi index 1c1a9a95c..5d9e1e8ea 100644 --- a/doc/textutils.texi +++ b/doc/textutils.texi @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ @c %**end of header @include version.texi +@include constants.texi @c Define new indices. @defcodeindex op @@ -1550,21 +1551,22 @@ will print a warning if this is the case. This option is meaningful only when following by name. Use it to control how long @code{tail} follows the descriptor of a file that continues growing at a rapid pace even after it is deleted or renamed. -After detecting @var{n} consecutive size changes for a file, +After detecting @var{n} +(default N=@value{DEFAULT_MAX_N_CONSECUTIVE_SIZE_CHANGES}) +consecutive size changes for a file, @code{open}/@code{fstat} the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the same device/inode-number pair as before. -See the output of @code{tail --help} for the default value. @itemx --max-unchanged-stats=@var{n} @opindex --max-unchanged-stats -When tailing a file by name, if there have been this many consecutive +When tailing a file by name, if there have been @var{n} (default +N=@value{DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS}) consecutive iterations for which the size has remained the same, then @code{open}/@code{fstat} the file to determine if that file name is still associated with the same device/inode-number pair as before. When following a log file that is rotated, this is approximately the number of seconds between when tail prints the last pre-rotation lines and when it prints the lines that have accumulated in the new log file. -See the output of @code{tail --help} for the default value. This option is meaningful only when following by name. @itemx -n @var{n} -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf