On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:18:59 -0600 "Bob Proulx" <[email protected]> wrote:
> What version of tail are you using? > > tail --version > > I think the easiest way to see what is happening at run time is to use > strace. Install it if you don't have it. Then run: > > cat /etc/passwd | strace -v -o tail.strace tail -c 10 > > That should produce about a 14K output file with all of the system > calls logged. > # tail --version tail (GNU coreutils) 8.16 # cat /etc/passwd | strace -v -o tail.strace tail -c 10 tail: cannot open ‘10’ for reading: No such file or directory -- Robert Milasan L3 Support Engineer SUSE Linux email: [email protected] GPG fingerprint: B6FE F4A8 0FA3 3040 3402 6FE7 2F64 167C 1909 6D1A
