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Re: exiting tail
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: exiting tail |
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Date: |
Mon, 14 Aug 2006 09:04:02 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> writes:
> if (isatty(stdin) && isatty(sterr)) {
> fprintf(stderr,"Hit Ctrl-d to end\n");
> }
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> Can anyone think of non human interactions
> between tail and terminals where the above
> wouldn't be appropriate?
Sure: "tail -f /dev/tty". Let's not make this change; it's a can of
worms.