On 08/08/16 08:28, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Package: coreutils > Version: 8.23-4 > > I am running "tail -f --retry /var/log/messages" in a terminal > for >10 days. Since inotify is available the --max-unchanged-stats > option is not set, as recommended in the man page. > > Problem: tail ignored the log file rotation last weekend. lsof -p > shows that it is watching /var/log/messages.1 now: > > % lsof -p 2905 > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME > tail 2905 hdunkel cwd DIR 0,40 20480 189573782 /home/hdunkel > tail 2905 hdunkel rtd DIR 259,0 4096 2 / > tail 2905 hdunkel txt REG 259,0 64232 657851 /usr/bin/tail > tail 2905 hdunkel mem REG 259,0 1738176 1724334 > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so > tail 2905 hdunkel mem REG 259,0 140928 1724331 > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so > tail 2905 hdunkel 0u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1 > tail 2905 hdunkel 1u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1 > tail 2905 hdunkel 2u CHR 136,1 0t0 4 /dev/pts/1 > tail 2905 hdunkel 3r REG 259,0 141711 264950 /var/log/messages.1 > tail 2905 hdunkel 4r 0000 0,11 0 8294 anon_inode > > Obviously the inotify support did not work for renamed > files.
There were lots of tail inotify fixes in 8.24 with -f now working with renamed files being explicitly listed
