Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-07 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:21:04PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:09:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:08:21 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you want to go for another name then ? I find it quite confusing. mtail or

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-07 Thread Radovan Garabik
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:21:04PM -0700, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:09:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:08:21 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-07 Thread David Starner
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: OK, that makes 2 packages out of ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ zgrep Package /var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.2.73_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages\ |grep ' x' |wc -l 417 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ 417 (!) It

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-07 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:29:13AM -0500, David Starner wrote: On Fri, Sep 07, 2001 at 09:56:37AM +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: OK, that makes 2 packages out of ... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ zgrep Package /var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.2.73_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages\

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-06 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:08:21 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 03:00:08PM -0400, Roderick Schertler wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:44:29 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does 'x'tail mean it's a GUI app ? Nope. Do you want to go for

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-06 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:08:21 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you want to go for another name then ? I find it quite confusing. mtail or multitail might be clearer. Changing the upstream name for this sake is a bad idea. Hey, xinetd doesn't need X as well. Greetings Marc --

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-06 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:09:49PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 21:08:21 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you want to go for another name then ? I find it quite confusing. mtail or multitail might be clearer. Changing the upstream name for this sake is a

Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-05 Thread Roderick Schertler
Package: wnpp Version: N/A; reported 2001-09-05 Severity: wishlist xtail watches the growth of files. It's like running a tail -f on a bunch of files at once. It notices if a file is trunated and starts from the beginning. You can specify both filenames and directories on the command line. If

Re: Bug#111309: ITP: xtail -- like tail -f, but works on truncated files, directories, more

2001-09-05 Thread Eric Van Buggenhaut
On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 03:00:08PM -0400, Roderick Schertler wrote: On Wed, 5 Sep 2001 20:44:29 +0200, Eric Van Buggenhaut [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Does 'x'tail mean it's a GUI app ? Nope. Do you want to go for another name then ? I find it quite confusing. mtail or multitail might be