Bernhard Voelker wrote: > For tail, both 'follow' modes are allowed: > > $ src/tail --follow=name --follow=descriptor /tmp/x > > It obviously uses the latter option. > > Should > a) this behaviour be documented in the info page? > b) tail proceed with a warning? > c) such a combination be rejected? > d) we do nothing?
Probably (d), since it is common practice for tools to let the final mode-selection option override any preceding ones. E.g., the -H, -L, -P triple accepted by ch???, cp, du and ls. Do you think that some would benefit from added documentation?
