Pádraig Brady wrote: ... > Well I was thinking it would be more efficient than polling > as the number of files monitored was increased. How about: > > tail --follow now uses inotify when possible, to be more responsive > to file changes and also be more efficient when many files are monitored.
Sounds good. s/also be// and here's a tweak to use active voice: tail --follow now uses inotify when possible, to be more responsive to file changes and more efficient when monitoring many files. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils