On 05/09/16 07:07, Harald Dunkel wrote: > coreutils 8.25-2 seems to have the same problem. Sample: > > > % ps -ef | grep tail > harri 3815 3783 0 Aug30 pts/3 00:00:00 tail --retry > --max-unchanged-stats=5 -f /var/log/messages > harri 11756 11708 0 08:00 pts/4 00:00:00 grep tail > > % lsof -p 3815 > COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME > tail 3815 harri cwd DIR 8,4 20480 4456449 /home/harri > tail 3815 harri rtd DIR 8,3 4096 2 / > tail 3815 harri txt REG 8,3 64232 15185 /usr/bin/tail > tail 3815 harri mem REG 8,3 1697504 1054034 > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.23.so > tail 3815 harri mem REG 8,3 153288 1054030 > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.23.so > tail 3815 harri 0u CHR 136,3 0t0 6 /dev/pts/3 > tail 3815 harri 1u CHR 136,3 0t0 6 /dev/pts/3 > tail 3815 harri 2u CHR 136,3 0t0 6 /dev/pts/3 > tail 3815 harri 3r REG 8,3 159279 140486 /var/log/messages.1 > tail 3815 harri 4r a_inode 0,11 0 4381 inotify > > % ls -alrt /var/log/messages* > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2057 Aug 15 07:54 /var/log/messages.4.gz > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 1762 Aug 21 08:03 /var/log/messages.3.gz > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 29000 Aug 29 07:53 /var/log/messages.2.gz > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 159279 Sep 4 08:00 /var/log/messages.1 > -rw-r----- 1 root adm 2881 Sep 5 07:52 /var/log/messages > > % dpkg -l coreutils > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend > |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) > ||/ Name Version Architecture > Description > +++-===================================-======================-======================-============================================================================ > ii coreutils 8.25-2 amd64 > GNU core utilities
Oh the file is renamed. You probably need `tail -F` rather than `tail -f --retry`
