Hi Bob,
On 09/06/2016 07:05 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
> The man page says:
>
> -f, --follow[={name|descriptor}]
> output appended data as the file grows;
>
> an absent option argument means 'descriptor'
>
I see. "name" is not a file name, but a literal. My failure.
New test with -F is running.
Wouldn't you admit that this is misleading? It is pretty common
that a command line option as in
command --flag arg
does the same as
command --flag=arg
Thanx very much
Harri
