From f428e548e52d76a5ed729a2cba9a05f93dad40d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:23:45 +0100 Subject: doc: update tail's documentation to allow for new -F semantics MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit * src/tail.c (usage): Reword tail -F description, so that it no longer mentions details specific to the non-inotify implementation. Also, join diagnostic strings (while staying under the 509-byte limit) to ease formatting of translations. The latter was prompted by a report from Stéphane Raimbault. * doc/coreutils.texi (tail invocation): Update description here, too. --- src/tail.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/tail.c') 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 (); } -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf