tailf

 

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 TAILF(1)            Linux Programmer's Manual            TAILF(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        tailf - follow the growth of a log file
 
SYNOPSIS
        tailf file
 
DESCRIPTION
        tailf  will print out the last 10 lines of a file and then
        wait for the file to grow.  It is similar to tail  -f  but
        does not access the file when it is not growing.  This has
        the side effect of not updating the access  time  for  the
        file,  so  a  filesystem flush does not occur periodically
        when no log activity is happening.
 
        tailf is extremely useful for monitoring log  files  on  a
        laptop  when  logging  is  infrequent and the user desires
        that the hard disk spin down to conserve battery life.
 
 BUGS
        An option could be provided to print out the last n  lines
        instead of the last 10.
 
AUTHOR
        This  program  was written by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
        and may be freely distributed under the terms of  the  GNU
        General  Public  License.  There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
        for this program.  The current maintainer  is  Avery  Pen­
        narun (apenwarr@worldvisions.ca).
 
SEE ALSO
        syslogd(8), apmd(8)
 
 
 
                            11 Jan 1996                   TAILF(1)

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