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From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/tail extern.h forward.c tail.c
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On Thursday 04 November 2004 11:18 am, Paul Richards wrote:
> paul        2004-11-04 19:18:19 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     usr.bin/tail         extern.h forward.c tail.c
>   Log:
>   Add support for following more than one file i.e.
>   tail -f file1 file2
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.9       +10 -1     src/usr.bin/tail/extern.h
> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/extern.h.diff?r1=1.8&r2=1.9
>   1.35      +160 -88   src/usr.bin/tail/forward.c
> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/forward.c.diff?r1=1.34&r2=1.35
>   1.18      +30 -7     src/usr.bin/tail/tail.c
> http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/src/usr.bin/tail/tail.c.diff?r1=1.17&r2=1.18

Why is this better than

tail -f file1&
tail -f file2

 Sam