Re: Multilog

[Peter Samuel]

On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Ari Arantes Filho wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>     I'm using multilog, so it write the current log in the current file. I
> like to see to current file with tail -f current, but when it switch the
> log, the tail process stops, so I need to Control-C and tail -f current
> again. I've already tried tail -f --retry current and nothing... How can I
> solve this?

Get the GNU textutils package version 2.0a or later. Use

    tail -f --follow=name --retry /var/log/qmail/current

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Regards
Peter
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