coreutils/src/tail.c, branch v6.2

tail now ignores the -f option if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set,

2006-09-08T17:19:51Z

no file operand is given, and standard input is any FIFO.

* bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add isapipe.

2006-08-29T20:50:21Z

* src/tail.c: Include isapipe.h. (IS_PIPE_LIKE_FILE_TYPE): Remove. (IS_TAILABLE_FILE_TYPE): Just list both FIFOs and sockets as tailable, since this seems to be portable. (main): Use isapipe, to fix a bug on MacOS X reported by Bruno Haible in .

(main): With no operand, 'tail -f' now silently ignores the '-f'

2006-07-01T23:50:15Z

only if standard input is a FIFO or pipe and POSIXLY_CORRECT is set.

(parse_options): Use a better diagnostic when someone uses a trailing

2006-01-31T01:39:10Z

numeric option in an invalid way.

(tail_forever): Don't exit-nonzero when an attempt

2006-01-24T10:32:32Z

to put a regular file in O_NONBLOCK mode fails with EPERM. That happens on Linux when using tail -f on a file with the append-only attribute. Reported by Dean Gaudet. For details, see http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=15473.

(ENOSYS) [!defined ENOSYS]: Don't define here.

2006-01-05T10:27:03Z

It's already defined in "system.h".

(parse_options): Change warning to say that --retry

2006-01-02T19:11:22Z

is useful `mainly' (not `only') when following by name. Reported here: http://bugs.debian.org/273781

(long_options): Change the name of each undocumented, for-

2005-12-03T22:23:23Z

testing-only option to start with `-', so that it cannot render ambiguous any prefix it happens to share with some other option name.

(parse_obsolete_option): Implement fix for "tail -c 2 FILE".

2005-11-01T23:05:29Z

(parse_options): Remove --allow-missing option.

2005-10-15T10:15:34Z

You can use --retry instead.