tag 25755 notabug close 25755 stop On 16/02/17 00:18, chuyifan wrote: > Hi: > > I found a problem of tail -F in centos 6.7. The kernel version is > 2.6.32-642.3.1.el6. I execute "tail -f --follow=name > --max-unchanged-stats=50 --sleep-interval=1 ./t" in a terminal and execute > echo command to append some content to file t. then I execute "mv t t1", the > "tail -f " show error message of "no such file t" immediately. > > The parameter of "--max-unchanged-stats" seems to have no effect. But in > centos 5.6, things is different. The parameter of "--max-unchanged-stats" > take effect. So I want to know the reason. Thank you.
Hi, Since the inotify implementation, --max-unchanged-stats is ineffective, and this is indicated in the man page in the description of that option. thanks, Pádraig
