bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

We observed another behavior possibly related to bug #24495: $ mkdir foo $ echo "bar" | tail -f - foo & [1] 16386 ==> standard input <== bar ==> foo <== tail: error reading 'foo': Is a directory tail: foo: cannot follow end of this type of file; giving up on this name $ jobs [1]+ Running

bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

On 08/11/16 16:39, Julian Büning wrote: > We observed another behavior possibly related to bug #24495: Similar yes. > $ mkdir foo > $ echo "bar" | tail -f - foo & > [1] 16386 > ==> standard input <== > bar > > ==> foo <== > tail: error reading 'foo': Is a directory > tail: foo: cannot follow

bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

On 11/08/2016 06:47 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] tail: terminate when following pipes and untailable non pipes > > * src/tail.c (ignore_pipe_or_fifo): Mark the descriptor as -1 > for pipes so that any_live_files() detects correctly that > the entry is no longer live. > *

bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

On 11/09/2016 12:44 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > and even more strange: when 'missing_file' then appears > later, tail doesn't terminate when both files are removed: oops, forget about this: we're following by descriptor, and tail can not know if the file is still opened by other processes.

bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

On 11/09/2016 12:19 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > + tail -f - 'untailable file' will now terminate when there is no more data > + to read from stdin. Previously it behaved as if --retry was specified. > + [This bug was present in "the beginning".] LGTM, thanks. > BTW I see a related issue with

bug#24903: "tail -f - foo" does not terminate when stdin is closed and foo is ignored

On 08/11/16 21:28, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > On 11/08/2016 06:47 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> Subject: [PATCH] tail: terminate when following pipes and untailable non >> pipes >> >> * src/tail.c (ignore_pipe_or_fifo): Mark the descriptor as -1 >> for pipes so that any_live_files() detects

bug#24906: gnu sort, what am I doing wrong?

Hi. I'm trying to sort by the fifth field and then numerically in reverse order by the sixth field. $ sort --version sort (GNU coreutils) 8.25 Here's my data: $ cat checkbook.txt # Year : Month : Day : Recipient : D / W : Amount 2015:11:9:Joe's Coffee:W:5.00 2015:11:12:Mary's

bug#24906: gnu sort, what am I doing wrong?

Hello Arnold, > On Nov 8, 2016, at 23:23, Arnold Robbins wrote: > > $ grep -v ^# checkbook.txt | sort -t: -k5 -k6rg > [...] > Why aren't these sorted by amounts in descending order? > What am I missing? The option "-k5" means "field 5 till the end of the line", which