Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
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On 05/19/2012 11:51 PM, Paul Allen Newell wrote:
Hello:
Is there a way to flush output to /etc/log/message so a tail -f
catches things when they happen rather than what I think I am
seeing as a buffer hold-until-full delay?
Thanks in advance, Paul
What you are seeing is the last last 10 lines of the file, and
then new additions as it is added to the file. This is the way
tail -f works. You may want to read the man or info page on tail.
tail -0f /var/log/messages
You get the existing lines you ask for, ten by default. And there is a buffering
option in syslogd, I just don't recall where I used to set it. I believe by
default it's line buffered, output at newline.
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Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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