From 940b6777c042714a9cbcbc078bb4d80144f9fdfc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 07:31:19 +0000
Subject: (tail invocation): Document new option: -F. From Herbert Xu.

---
 doc/coreutils.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index ec315eb94..a30d45c08 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -2099,6 +2099,12 @@ growing.
 The option values @samp{descriptor} and @samp{name} may be specified only
 with the long form of the option, not with @option{-f}.
 
+@item -F
+@opindex -F
+This option is the same as @option{--follow=name --retry}.  That is, tail
+will attempt to reopen a file when it is removed.  Should this fail, tail
+will keep trying until it becomes accessible again.
+
 @itemx --retry
 @opindex --retry
 This option is meaningful only when following by name.
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