No problem in core-utils 8.13:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo 10 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'
$ touch /tmp/hello
$ tail -f /tmp/hello
tail: inotify resources exhausted
tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling
** Changed in: coreutils
Status: New => Fix Released
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No problem in core-utils 8.13:
$ sudo sh -c 'echo 10 > /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches'
$ touch /tmp/hello
$ tail -f /tmp/hello
tail: inotify resources exhausted
tail: inotify cannot be used, reverting to polling
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Released
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Fixed in coreutils 8.6 as per upstream bug report.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/700958
Title:
tail -f gives misleading error message when inotify limit is reached
To manage notific
I am having the exact same issue.
strace tail -f file
execve("/usr/bin/tail", ["tail", "-f", "file"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0
brk(0) = 0xa1a000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_
Thank you for opening this bug and helping make Ubuntu better -- and
thank you also for the upstream bug reference, it does help.
On the upstream bug Jim states this was ficed on coreutils 8.6; it is
possible this (or a newer) version will be available for Natty (current
development release; I wil
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7813
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mailto:bug-coreut...@gnu.org
** Also affects: coreutils via
mailto:bug-coreut...@gnu.org
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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