Re: [plug] tail in rc.local

John Peter Loh Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:33:58 -0700

Yes, it waits until the script ends but I don't want the script to end. I want it to keep watching the file for additions but I want this done in the background.

On 7/4/06, Dark Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

i think that line actually waits. '-f' will display the data as the file grows.

On 7/4/06, John Peter Loh <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:

I have three scripts that read stdin from
tail -n 0 -f <file to read> | <script>

What I want to do is have them run on startup in screen.

I tried the following in rc.local:
screen -dmS <scriptname> tail -n 0 -f <file to read> | <script>

But it stops from that line, the other two scripts of the same format do not get executed. I also tried putting all three lines in a .sh script but it doesn't make a difference. I'm using CEntOS 4.3.

TIA
-- JP Loh

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Re: [plug] tail in rc.local

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