Hello,
On Linux, when inotify is used,
tail -f file
follows a file only until it's renamed. After it is renamed, the
inotify watch is removed, which means tail sits there doing
nothing and any further modifications to the file are ignored.
To reproduce:
echo 1 file
tail -f file
On 03/02/15 22:04, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
Hello,
On Linux, when inotify is used,
tail -f file
follows a file only until it's renamed. After it is renamed, the
inotify watch is removed, which means tail sits there doing
nothing and any further modifications to the file are ignored.
