-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/19/2012 11:51 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > Hello: > > Is there a way to flush output to /etc/log/message so a tail -f > catches things when they happen rather than what I think I am > seeing as a buffer hold-until-full delay? > > Thanks in advance, Paul
What you are seeing is the last last 10 lines of the file, and then new additions as it is added to the file. This is the way tail -f works. You may want to read the man or info page on tail. Mikkel - -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+44ZcACgkQqbQrVW3JyMRv1wCbBDEnRbhXLU/DVBxd7dfCLo2r Ky4AnRv6uLKTVV1A+V6sQzSY2jNdYs4f =BXW1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
