When I use tail -F to follow a file that is a symlink to another file,
and that second file gets replaced, tail no longer follows the new
file. I am not sure if this scenario is actually supported, but the
current behaviour is unexpected to me.
Detailed scenario to reproduce:
in one terminal:
$ l
Bart Vanhaute wrote:
> When I use tail -F to follow a file that is a symlink to another file,
> and that second file gets replaced, tail no longer follows the new
> file. I am not sure if this scenario is actually supported, but the
> current behaviour is unexpected to me.
>
> Detailed scenario to
tags 9266 notabug
close 9266
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(triaging old bugs)
On 2011-08-09 10:28 a.m., Jim Meyering wrote:
Bart Vanhaute wrote:
When I use tail -F to follow a file that is a symlink to another file,
and that second file gets replaced, tail no longer follows the new
file. I am not sure if this scenar
