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Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:51:26 -0700
From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT ab DOT ca>
Subject: Re: Bison 1.875
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On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 15:47:25 -0500, fdonahoe AT wilkes DOT edu wrote:

>This has gotten off track but Windows will allow me to track
>the progress of a redirected gdb session by opening another
>window on the same directory.
>
>> tail debug.session
>
>doesn't store any swap files and can be invoked after every
>command in the primary window if needed.

Use tail -f to avoid having to reinvoke or see below. 

>So, if I have a list of commands to give while bison is on
>the verge of crashing, I shan't get lost while typing them.

There's a DJGPP port/build of xtail (multi-file tail -f) which will
show you (most) of what's being written to file(s) in one window while
you're working in another. Not used that port much, but depend heavily
on the Unix versions.