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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:35:03 -0400
To: thomas AT on DOT com
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: tail -f <file name> locks <file name>
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In-Reply-To: <85256760.006A2422.00@mail.on.com>; from thomas@on.com on Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 03:12:47PM -0400

On Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 03:12:47PM -0400, thomas AT on DOT com wrote:
>This has not been the original intention of 'tail -f': This command should
>enable the user
>to watch the contents of a file grow. If this file is locked by the tail
>command, the writing process
>will run on error.

Patches gratefully accepted.

-chris

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