Mark Goldstein pecked at the keyboard and wrote: > On Jan 7, 2008 3:55 PM, G T Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > Sure, I just gave one example where I thought "tail" was good enough > and provided quick solution (not "quick and dirty"). I have to admit, > I did not use "File::Tail" from pure ignorance and laziness :-). I'll > definitely look into it next time I'll need to to something of this > sort. > > Regards,
Not a programmer just an observer: Wouldn't tailf (preferred over tail -f) possibly create a delay in receiving wanted data while waiting for the buffer to actually write data to the file? -- Ken Schneider SuSe since Version 5.2, June 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
