Re: Overlay filesystem doesn't feed "tail -f"

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james harvey <jamespharvey20@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If a file in an overlay merged directory is being periodically written
> to: tail -f will not show additions if given the file in the location
> of the merged directory; but tail -f will show additions if given the
> file in the location of the lower directory.

Yeah.  It uses inotify.  Inotify and file locking are hard things and aren't
yet supported.

David
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