#242 coreutils 5.3.0 tail -f bad file descriptor

[Anonymous]

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

[rmccullough]

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It would be nice if we could get this fixed.

[alexanderv]

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The tail -f command from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/'s
update package works.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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A workaround is to use tail -F <filename>

This seemed to work (kind of ugly though)

[Anonymous]

Hi, the command returns immediately to the prompt instead of following the file changes.

Will this issue be fixed and if so when ?

[Anonymous]

+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 -f file.log
tail: file.log: Bad file descriptor
tail: no files remaining

tail version:

tail --version
tail (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Paul Rubin, David MacKenzie, Ian Lance Taylor, and Jim Meyering.

OS

Windows 7

[Anonymous]

Use Less +F

[Eric Reynolds]

+1

I have exactly the same setup as Anonymous/2015-03-02

Would be really good if this was fixed

[Anonymous]

+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?