On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang.rupprecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is journalctl in the tail -f mode called "follow" supposed to be > realtime? I'm seeing it more or less output log lines in realtime for > many hours and then eventually it falls behind with half an hour or one > hour delay. > > The (simplified) lines are from a perl sshd tracker are: > > open( LOG, "journalctl -o short-precise -u sshd --follow |"); > while (<LOG>) { > ... > } > > I suppose, it is possible that the delay is in perl, but journalctl > seems more likely to be the culprit, hence the subject line. I haven't seen this. If you quit and then issue a new journalctl -f, do you see a bunch of things that previously weren't there with (approximately) current time? It might be a bug worth inquiring about on systemd-devel@. -- Chris Murphy -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org