Hi Jewsco, did you already try the -F option instead of -f?
Thanks, Erik On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 03:46:27PM +0000, Jewsco Pius Jacquez wrote: > Padraig, thanks for your response, > > The ---disable-inotify didn't refresh either. > > [root@cmilsbtest03 ~]# stat -f -c '%t %T' /media/samba/test.file > ff534d42 cifs > [root@cmilsbtest03 ~]# df -h /media/samba/test.file > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > //10.124.61.52/finance > 14G 13G 1.6G 89% /media/samba > [root@cmilsbtest03 ~]# grep /media/samba /proc/mounts > //10.124.61.52/finance/ /media/samba cifs > rw,relatime,sec=ntlm,cache=loose,unc=\134\13410.124.61.52\134finance,username=,uid=0,noforceuid,gid=0,noforcegid,addr=10.124.61.52,unix,posixpaths,serverino,acl,rsize=1048576,wsize=65536,echo_interval=60,actimeo=1 > 0 0 > [root@cmilsbtest03 ~]# > > > Thanks, > Jewsco > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:p...@draigbrady.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:29 AM > To: Jewsco Pius Jacquez <jewscopius.jacq...@amdocs.com>; 31...@debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: Re: bug#31184: tail -f on Network FS not refreshing as soon as the > file is changed. > > On 16/04/18 10:11, Jewsco Pius Jacquez wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We have a legacy application that is using tail -f command in the > > application and is running in Redhat 9 under a shared Samba filesystem. > > > > We want to migrate the application to RHEL7 and we noticed that the tail -f > > command here is not refreshing as soon as the file get changed. In Redhat > > 9, it is working fine, every write on the file got reflected straight > > away(no waiting interval). > > > > Is there a way that we can make the tail -f working as it was in Redhat 9? > > For this reason, we are not able to migrate our Legacy application. > > To get around the issue, the undocumented ---disable-inotify option may help > (note the three dashes) > > If that does help then there is an issue with the misdetection of a known > file system as local, when it should be treated as remote. > Can you show the file system type for the file you're trying to tail, using: > > stat -f -c '%t %T' /path/to/your/file > > cheers, > Pádraig > This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and > confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, > > you may review at https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer > <https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer> > > > >
