I've found that doing a 'tail -f' on a directory makes the command abort with the following message:
tail: /var/log/httpd/: Is a directory
tail: tail.c:718: recheck: Assertion `valid_file_spec (f)' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)
I'm using:
[root@starbase1 /root]# tail --version
tail (GNU textutils) 2.0a
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
[root@starbase1 /root]# uname -a
Linux starbase1 2.2.14-12smp #1 SMP Tue Apr 25 12:44:05 EDT 2000 i686 unknown
Thank for your attention. I'm at your disposal for further information.
-- Max
