Thanks Still the same, the -f doesn't refresh. it applies to CIFS and NFS filesystem. Is it something related on how the network filesystem was designed?
Thanks, Jewsco -----Original Message----- From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:p...@draigbrady.com] Sent: Saturday, May 5, 2018 5:52 PM To: Jewsco Pius Jacquez <jewscopius.jacq...@amdocs.com>; 31...@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#31184: tail -f on Network FS not refreshing as soon as the file is changed. On 04/05/18 08:12, Jewsco Pius Jacquez wrote: > Thanks, did I missed anything? > > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ wget --quiet > https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.tar.xz > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ cksum coreutils-8.29.tar.xz > 926393761 5286588 coreutils-8.29.tar.xz > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ tar -xf coreutils-8.29.tar.xz > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 ~]$ cd coreutils-8.29/ > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 coreutils-8.29]$ wget --quiet > 'https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/7fc7206.patch' -O- | > patch -R -p1 && make patching file NEWS Unreversed patch detected! > Ignore -R? [n] Apply anyway? [n] Skipping patch. > 1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file NEWS.rej patching > file src/tail.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 1220. > 1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/tail.c.rej > [jjacquez@cmilsbtest02 coreutils-8.29]$ > > > > Thanks, > Jewsco > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pádraig Brady [mailto:p...@draigbrady.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 3, 2018 8:47 PM > To: Jewsco Pius Jacquez <jewscopius.jacq...@amdocs.com>; > 31...@debbugs.gnu.org > Subject: Re: bug#31184: tail -f on Network FS not refreshing as soon as the > file is changed. > > On 02/05/18 06:39, Jewsco Pius Jacquez wrote: >> I tried and the --follow=name doesn't refresh either. The stat output is >> changing. >> >> [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ tail --follow=name /media/samba/test.file >> append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT >> 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 >> CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 >> 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May >> 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:35:54 CDT 2018 append Wed >> May >> 2 08:35:55 CDT 2018 ^C >> [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ tail --follow=name /media/samba/test.file >> append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT >> 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:01 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 >> CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 >> 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May >> 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed May 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 append Wed >> May >> 2 08:36:02 CDT 2018 ^C >> [jjacquez@cmilsbtest03 ~]$ while :; do stat -c '%s' >> /media/samba/test.file; sleep 1; done >> 1649717 >> 1650077 >> 1650401 >> 1650761 >> 1651121 >> 1651445 >> 1651769 >> 1652093 >> 1652417 >> >> >> About the reverting the patch, so I need to download the source and patch it? >> >> cd coreutils-8.29 && >> wget 'https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/7fc7206.patch' -O- | >> patch -R -p1 && >> make > > You'd done that previously, for for completeness yes you need to download the > source first like: > > wget https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/coreutils/coreutils-8.29.tar.xz > tar -xf coreutils-8.29.tar.xz Drats sorry. There were conflicting patches in the meantime. You can tweak it like: cd coreutils-8.29 && wget 'https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/commit/7fc7206.patch' -O- | sed 's/name,/false, name,/' | patch -p1 -R -t && make cheers, Pádraig This message and the information contained herein is proprietary and confidential and subject to the Amdocs policy statement, you may review at https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer <https://www.amdocs.com/about/email-disclaimer>