Re: [Hampshire] tailing a file as/after it gets rotated?

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Author: Victor Churchill
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] tailing a file as/after it gets rotated?
2009/2/6 John Wesley <bluemonki@???>:
> 2009/2/6 Victor Churchill <victorchurchill@???>
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> tail -F filetotail
>
> This should tail to find and follow the new file when it appears.

Brilliant. Thank you. I wonder how many other old-favourite commands
there are that have gained new options while I was not looking...


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