From owner-svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Wed Mar 25 08:48:36 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-12@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 550BC27ACED; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48nMGV12lrz4Z61; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 14B3CFE1B; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 02P8mOi7026592; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:24 GMT (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from 0mp@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 02P8mOBC026591; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:24 GMT (envelope-from 0mp@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <202003250848.02P8mOBC026591@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: 0mp set sender to 0mp@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:24 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r359297 - stable/12/usr.bin/tail X-SVN-Group: stable-12 X-SVN-Commit-Author: 0mp X-SVN-Commit-Paths: stable/12/usr.bin/tail X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 359297 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: base MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-12@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 12-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:48:36 -0000 Author: 0mp (doc,ports committer) Date: Wed Mar 25 08:48:24 2020 New Revision: 359297 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/359297 Log: MFC 359229: Use -F instead of -f in tail(1) examples There is an example in tail(1) manual page explaining how to use tail(1) to track the contents of /var/log/messages. The example uses the -f flag to follow the file. The problem with the -f flag is that it cannot handle the situation where /var/log/messages is rotated. Hence, use -F instead in the example. Reviewed by: asomers Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24157 Modified: stable/12/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 Directory Properties: stable/12/ (props changed) Modified: stable/12/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 ============================================================================== --- stable/12/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 Wed Mar 25 08:35:55 2020 (r359296) +++ stable/12/usr.bin/tail/tail.1 Wed Mar 25 08:48:24 2020 (r359297) @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" @(#)tail.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 10, 2018 +.Dd March 22, 2020 .Dt TAIL 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Keep .Pa /var/log/messages open, displaying to the standard output anything appended to the file: .Pp -.Dl $ tail -f /var/log/messages +.Dl $ tail -F /var/log/messages .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cat 1 , .Xr head 1 ,