From 33a5de5a0efd73abbb532dbd09f5afd23c511484 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:08:37 +0100 Subject: doc: tail: semi-deprecate --sleep-interval and --max-unchanged-stats Those options are useful only on systems that lack inotify support and in the unusual event that a system with inotify support must resort to polling. * src/tail.c (usage): Note that the --max-unchanged-stats=N and --sleep-interval=N options are rarely useful on systems with inotify support. * doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Likewise. --- src/tail.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/tail.c') diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c index 924221016..2af9693de 100644 --- a/src/tail.c +++ b/src/tail.c @@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ with --follow=name, reopen a FILE which has not\n\ changed size after N (default %d) iterations\n\ to see if it has been unlinked or renamed\n\ - (this is the usual case of rotated log files)\n\ + (this is the usual case of rotated log files).\n\ + With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ "), DEFAULT_N_LINES, DEFAULT_MAX_N_UNCHANGED_STATS_BETWEEN_OPENS @@ -300,7 +301,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ -s, --sleep-interval=N with -f, sleep for approximately N seconds\n\ - (default 1.0) between iterations\n\ + (default 1.0) between iterations.\n\ + With inotify, this option is rarely useful.\n\ -v, --verbose always output headers giving file names\n\ "), stdout); fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout); -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf