The newer coreutils 5.3.0 tail -f does not follow files the
way the older textutils 2.1 tail -f used to. See below:
newer tail1.exe exits with an error, where older tail.exe
waits for file to grow (I hit CTRL-C to get the prompt
back).
D:> tail1 --version
tail (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance
Taylor, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
D:> tail --version
tail (textutils) 2.1
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance
Taylor, and Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
D:> tail1 -f status.txt
8662667550 - asset acceptance
8662667551 - all circuits busy
8662667552 - all circuits busy
8662667553 - all circuits busy
8662667554 - all circuits busy
8662667555 - conference calling center
8662667556 - American Express Phone Card
8662667557 - Ruby's Diner
8662667558 - conference calling center
8662667559 - not available from your calling area
tail1: status.txt: Bad file descriptor
tail1: no files remaining
D:> tail -f status.txt
8662667550 - asset acceptance
8662667551 - all circuits busy
8662667552 - all circuits busy
8662667553 - all circuits busy
8662667554 - all circuits busy
8662667555 - conference calling center
8662667556 - American Express Phone Card
8662667557 - Ruby's Diner
8662667558 - conference calling center
8662667559 - not available from your calling area
^C
D:>
Thanks,
Robert Bassett
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It would be nice if we could get this fixed.
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The tail -f command from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/'s
update package works.
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A workaround is to use tail -F <filename>
This seemed to work (kind of ugly though)
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Hi, the command returns immediately to the prompt instead of following the file changes.
Will this issue be fixed and if so when ?
Last edit: Anonymous 2018-10-12
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+1 for fixing this please. "tail -f" was the whole reason I installed tail in the first place.
Error (tail empty file "file.log")
tail version:
OS
Windows 7
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Use Less +F
Last edit: Anonymous 2018-10-12
+1
I have exactly the same setup as Anonymous/2015-03-02
Would be really good if this was fixed
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+1 - I just installed GnuWin purely for "tail -f" functionality, and it doesn't even work. Please fix this issue.
Could the original author post their sweet wardialer scripts?
Last edit: Anonymous 2018-10-12