Re: Unexpected behavior of 'tail --follow=name' on special file via symlink

[Pádraig Brady]

On 01/02/2023 20:37, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
> index 2244509dd..309d93072 100644
> --- a/src/tail.c
> +++ b/src/tail.c
> @@ -1243,7 +1243,8 @@ tail_forever (struct File_spec *f, size_t n_files, double 
> sleep_interval)
>                          recheck (&f[i], f[i].blocking);
>                          f[i].n_unchanged_stats = 0;
>                        }
> -                  continue;
> +                  if (S_ISREG (stats.st_mode) || 1 < n_files)
> +                    continue;
>                    }

The above diff wouldn't work as it would always bypass the recheck().
Attached is an (untested) update, which might work for your case.

cheers,
Pádraig

tail-F-dev.patch
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