Bug#548439: Inotify support breaks tail -F on syslog

2009-11-15 Thread Jim Meyering
Arjan Opmeer wrote: Since coreutils 7.5 tail uses inotify. However it is not capable to follow the sequence of file operations that happen when /var/log/syslog is rotated by its daily cron job. This means that 'tail -F /var/log/syslog' will stop producing output as soon as the file is rotated.

Bug#548439: Inotify support breaks tail -F on syslog

2009-11-14 Thread Arjan Opmeer
Since coreutils 7.5 tail uses inotify. However it is not capable to follow the sequence of file operations that happen when /var/log/syslog is rotated by its daily cron job. This means that 'tail -F /var/log/syslog' will stop producing output as soon as the file is rotated. Let me give a